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selecting the drive type are available:
1.Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with
the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45.
2.Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.
3.Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup.
Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications:
•Type
:
The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types.
Each defined drive type has a specified number of
cylinders, number of heads, write precompensation
factor, landing zone, and number of sectors. Drives
whose specifications do not accommodate any pre-
defined type are classified as type USER.
•Size
: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is
usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk
given by a disk-checking program.
•
Cyls
:Number of cylinders
•
Head
: Number of heads
•
Precomp
: Write precompensation cylinder
•
Landz
: Landing zone
•
Sector
: Number of sectors
•
Mode
: Auto, Normal, large, or LBA
- Auto
: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.
- Normal
: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors
supported are 1024, 16, and 63.
-
Large
: For drives that do not support LBA and have more
than 1024 cylinders.
