Built-h BIOS Setup Program
The password can be at most 8 characters long. The program will require
you to confirm the new password before it exits and enables the utility.
To disable the USER PASSWORD, press the
as the program asks
you to enter the new password.
The IDE
Auto Detection provides auto configuration of the hard
drive installed in the system. It supports LDA, Large, and Normal modes.
If the system’s hard disk drive has a capacity of over
and
supports LBA functions, you may enable either the LBA mode or the
Large mode. On the other hand, if the hard disk drive’s capacity is over
528MB but does support LBA functions, you may enable the Large
mode in order to use over
a The LBA and Large modes will only appear on the screen
when the installed hard disk drive is specified to support
the LBA mode.
b. In the case when a hard disk drive’s cylinder specification
exceeds 1024, and does not support the LBA function, only
the Large mode will be displayed on the screen.
c. With a hard disk drive supporting cylinders below 1024,
only the Normal mode will be appear on the screen. The
Normal mode will also be shown on the screen under
conditions a
above.
d. Hard disk drives with less than
total capacity must
be set to
mode when combined with either old
BIOS versions or the Award BIOS. LBA and Large modes
are new specifications which may not be fully supported by
all operating systems. An example of which is the current
Built-h BIOS Setup
version of UNIX System (R3.2.4) which is still unable to
support the LBA function. Therefore, determine the specifi-
cations of your hard disk drive and operating system before
selecting the drive’s mode
ROM
BIOS
HDD AUTO DETECTION
AWARD SOFTWARE. INC
D I S K S
SIZE
HEAD PRECOMP
SECTOR MODE
Primary
Primary
Option
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HEAD
SECTOR MODE
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3243 63
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3243
NORMAL
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3243
63 LARGE
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Figure 3-8 IDE HDD Auto Detection Screen
After pressing the <Enter> key on this item of the main menu, the
display screen will show the following screen.
Once the program detects the type of hard disk installed, it will display
the relative information such as the type, cylinders, heads, write
compensation, landing zone, number of sectors per track, size and
mode. A message asking you to accept the IDE HDD detected will also
be flashed on the screen.
