MSI 745 ULTRA User Guide - Page 50

Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave, Floppy Drive A:/B, Boot Sector Virus Protection

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AMI BIOS Setup Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave Press PgUp/ or PgDn/ to select the hard disk drive type. The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection. TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Type of the device. Capacity of the device. Number of cylinders. Number of heads. Write precompensation. Cylinder location of Landing zone. Number of sectors. Access mode. Floppy Drive A:/B: This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options: Not Installed, 360 KB 5¼, 1.2 MB 5¼, 720 KB 3½, 1.44 MB 3½ and 2.88 MB 3½. Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. When Enabled, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted. Setting options: Disabled and Enabled. Note: This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard disk. 3-7

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AMI BIOS Setup
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Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave
Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the hard disk drive type. The specifica-
tion of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection.
TYPE
Type of the device.
SIZE
Capacity of the device.
CYLS
Number of cylinders.
HEAD
Number of heads.
PRECOMP
Write precompensation.
LANDZ
Cylinder location of Landing zone.
SECTOR
Number of sectors.
MODE
Access mode.
Floppy Drive A:/B:
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options:
Not Installed
,
360 KB 5…
,
1.2 MB 5…
,
720 KB 3‰
,
1.44 MB 3‰
and
2.88 MB
3‰
.
Boot Sector Virus Protection
The item is to set the Virus Warning
feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. When
Enabled
, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep
if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted.
Setting options:
Disabled
and
Enabled
.
Note:
This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard
disk.