BIOS Setup
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IDE Hard Disk Drive Submenu Options
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Options and settings for the IDE Hard Disk Drive Submenu are given in Table 3-2.
* These values can be changed when User Defined is selected.
Table 3-2 BIOS Setup IDE Hard Disk Drive Configuration Options
Option
Settings
Description
HDD Configuration
Auto Detect
User Defined
Disable HDD
IDE hard disk drive configuration method.
Select
Auto Detect to load configuration parameters
from the hard disk drive automatically. Selecting
User
Defined allows you to manually enter parameter
values for the remaining options listed in this table.
Size
XXXX MB
Displays the size of the hard disk drive.
Cylinders*
0 to 65535
Number of cylinders.
Heads*
1 to 16
Number of read/write heads.
Sectors Per Track*
0 to 63
Number of sectors per track.
Multisector Transfers*
Disabled
2 Sectors
4 Sectors
8 Sectors
16 Sectors
MAX32
MAX64
MAX128
Number of sectors used in multisector transfers.
You can cycle through the settings for this option
repeatedly to select values larger than 16 sectors up
to the maximum (MAXnnn) allowable for the hard
disk drive. (Selecting the maximum, or values larger
than the default may degrade performance.)
LBA Mode Control*
Disabled
Enabled
Logical Block Address (LBA) mode control. Selecting
Enabled causes logical block addressing to be used
instead of cylinder, head, and sector addressing.
Transfer Mode*
Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4
Fast PIO 3 / DMA
Fast PIO 4 / DMA
Determines the method for data transfers to and from
the hard disk drive.
(Choosing Auto Detect for the HDD Configuration
option selects the optimum setting for this option.)
Ultra DMA Mode*
Disabled
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Determines the mode used for ultra-DMA transfers.
(Choosing Auto Detect for the HDD Configuration
option selects the optimum setting for this option.)
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