Asus P5VDC-TVM SE - Page 50

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]
Allows auto-detection of the hard disk drive’s specications.
IDE Channel 0 Master [Auto]
Sets the selected channel as Master.
Conguration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual]
Access Mode [Auto]
This item allows the user to select the sector addressing mode. Normal mode
supports 528 MB hard disks. LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports
hard disks up to 128 GB in size. Large mode (also called extended CHS mode)
supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but does not support LBA mode.
Conguration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]
Before attempting to congure a hard disk drive, make sure 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.
Precomp
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.
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. Make sure to
set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.