Asus P5N73-AM - Chapter 2: BIOS Setup; Chapter Overview

ASUS P5N73-AM 2-11
2.3.6 SATA 1-4
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of Serial ATA devices.
There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Select a device item then press <Enter>
to display the SATA device information.
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Capacity, Cylinder,
Head, Precomp, Landing Zone and Sector). These values are not user-congurable. These
items show 0 if no SATA device is installed in the system.
Extended IDE Drive [Auto]
Selects the type of xed disk connected to the system.
Conguration options: [None] [Auto]
Access Mode [Auto]
Sets the sector addressing mode. Conguration options: [Large] [Auto]
Before attempting to congure a hard disk drive, ensure that you have the correct
conguration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause
the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.
Capacity
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not congurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not congurable.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not congurable.
Landing Zone
Shows the number of landing zone per track. This item is not congurable.
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not congurable.
2.3.7 HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
(SMART) feature. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.8 Installed Memory [XXX MB]
Shows the size of installed memory.
2.3.9 Usable Memory [XXX MB]
Shows the size of usable memory.
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as
FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can
write or read data from the hard disk. Ensure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard
disk drives to active.