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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE To enter specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select first a "type". You can select "User" and specify the specifications yourself manually, or you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications. To select, simply press the or key to change the option listed after the drive letter. For an IDE hard disk drives, you can: • Use the Auto setting for detection during boot-up (see page 29) • Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to auto- matically enter the drive specifications, or you can: • Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the "User" option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS (number of cylinders), HEAD (number of read/write heads), PRECOMP (write precompensation), LANDZ (landing zone), SECTOR (number of sectors) and MODE. The SIZE field automatically adjusts according to the configuration you specify. The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications. The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only, and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives. This entry provides three options: Normal, Large, LBA, or Auto (see page 29). Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB; set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to allow larger IDE hard disks; set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA. Large type of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon. Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode. Auto detection of hard disks on boot-up (New Feature) For each field: Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, and Secondary Slave, you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during boot-up. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard drives which do not support this feature, then you must configure the hard drive in the standard method as described on page 30. IV. BIOS (StandardCMOS) P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 29

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P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual
29
To enter specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select first a “type”.
You can select “User” and specify the specifications yourself manually, or
you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications.
To select,
simply press the <Page Up> or <Page Down> key to change the option
listed after the drive letter.
For an IDE hard disk drives, you can:
•
Use the
Auto
setting for detection during boot-up (see page 29)
•
Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to auto-
matically enter the drive specifications, or you can:
•
Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” option
The entries for specifying the hard disk type include
CYLS
(number of
cylinders),
HEAD
(number of read/write heads),
PRECOMP
(write
precompensation),
LANDZ
(landing zone),
SECTOR
(number of sectors)
and
MODE
.
The
SIZE
field automatically adjusts according to the con-
figuration you specify.
The documentation that comes with your hard disk
should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications.
The
MODE
entry is for IDE hard disks only, and can be ignored for MFM
and ESDI drives.
This entry provides three options:
Normal, Large, LBA
,
or
Auto
(see page 29).
Set
MODE
to the
Normal
for IDE hard disk drives
smaller than 528MB; set it to
LBA
for drives over 528MB that support Logical
Block Addressing (LBA) to allow larger IDE hard disks; set it to
Large
for
drives over 528MB that do not support LBA.
Large
type of drive can only
be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon.
Most IDE drives over 528MB
support the
LBA
mode.
Auto detection of hard disks on boot-up (New Feature)
For each field:
Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, and Sec-
ondary Slave, you can select
Auto
under the TYPE and MODE fields.
This
will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during boot-up.
This will
allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power
on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type.
If you use older hard
drives which do not support this feature, then you must configure the hard
drive in the standard method as described on page 30.
IV.
BIOS
(StandardCMOS)
IV.
BIOS SOFTWARE