HP Vectra VE 5/xxx HP Vectra VE 5/xx Series 2 PC Familiarization Guide - D4000 - Page 25

Hard disk drive x xxxx MB, PCI Devices, Security

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Translation method Extended On-board Bus IDE adapters Both Hard disk drive x (xxxx MB) Autotype fixed disk Type User 642 MB Cylinders* Heads* Sectors/Track* Multi-sector transfers* LBA mode control* 32 bit I/O Transfer mode* *Only available if "User" mode has been selected as "Type". PCI Devices Slot #1 Bus Master Slot #2 Bus Master Slot #3 Bus Master PCI IRQ line 1 PCI IRQ line 2 PCI IRQ line 3 PCI IRQ line 4 Security Administrator password is Set Administrator Password 1120 14 40 8 sectors Enabled Enabled PI0 mode 3 Enabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Disabled Password on boot Enabled Select "Standard" only if you are running a UNIX Operating System. Enable or disable the on-board IDE adapters."Primary" enables only the HDD data cable (marked "HDD" next to the system board attachment). "Both" enables the HDD data cable and the CD-ROM data cable (marked "CD-ROM" next to the system board attachment). Automatically attempts to detect and identify the IDE drive when you press the Enter key. Select "Auto" for automatic hard disk drive detection. (To initiate automatic hard disk detection, press the Enter key at the "Autotype fixed disk" item). "User" allows you to edit all the detected parameters. Select "CD" if drive is an IDE CD-ROM, and "None" if there is no drive. Sets the number of hard disk drive cylinders. Sets the number of hard disk drive heads. Sets the number of hard disk drive sectors per track. Determines the number of sectors per block for multiple sector transfers. Enable or disable Logical Block Addressing mode in place of CylinderHeadsSectors. Enable or disable 32 bit data transfer. Selects the hard disk drive transfer mode and data transfer rate. Enable this option if you need the BIOS to set the PCI Bus Master bit. This is only necessary for some old PCI cards. Select an IRQ number only if necessary (for example for SCO-UNIX). Indicates whether administrator password is enabled. Allows you to set the administrator password. This password prevents unauthorized access to the computer's configuration and can also be used to start the computer. Enable or disable password prompt on boot.

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Translation method
Extended
Select “Standard” only if you are running a
UNIX Operating System.
On-board Bus IDE adapters
Both
Enable or disable the on-board IDE
adapters.“Primary” enables only the HDD
data cable (marked “HDD” next to the
system board attachment).
“Both” enables the HDD data cable and the
CD-ROM data cable (marked “CD-ROM”
next to the system board attachment).
Hard disk drive x (xxxx MB)
Autotype fixed disk
Automatically attempts to detect and
identify the IDE drive when you press the
Enter key.
Type
User 642 MB
Select “Auto” for automatic hard disk drive
detection. (To initiate automatic hard disk
detection, press the Enter key at the
“Autotype fixed disk” item). “User” allows
you to edit all the detected parameters.
Select “CD” if drive is an IDE CD-ROM, and
“None” if there is no drive.
Cylinders*
1120
Sets the number of hard disk drive
cylinders.
Heads*
14
Sets the number of hard disk drive heads.
Sectors/Track*
40
Sets the number of hard disk drive sectors
per track.
Multi-sector transfers*
8 sectors
Determines the number of sectors per block
for multiple sector transfers.
LBA mode control*
Enabled
Enable or disable Logical Block Addressing
mode in place of CylinderHeadsSectors.
32 bit I/O
Enabled
Enable or disable 32 bit data transfer.
Transfer mode*
*Only available if “User” mode
has been selected as “Type”.
PI0 mode 3
Selects the hard disk drive transfer mode
and data transfer rate.
PCI Devices
Slot #1 Bus Master
Slot #2 Bus Master
Slot #3 Bus Master
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enable this option if you need the BIOS to
set the PCI Bus Master bit. This is only
necessary for some old PCI cards.
PCI IRQ line 1
PCI IRQ line 2
PCI IRQ line 3
PCI IRQ line 4
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Select an IRQ number only if necessary (for
example for SCO-UNIX).
Security
Administrator password is
Disabled
Indicates whether administrator password is
enabled.
Set Administrator
Password
Allows you to set the administrator
password. This password prevents
unauthorized access to the computer’s
configuration and can also be used to start
the computer.
Password on boot
Enabled
Enable or disable password prompt on
boot.