BIOS Setup
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Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu screen. When you select a specific hard
disk drive type, the specification of hard disk drive will show up on the screen
according to your selection.
Type: Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the type of the device.
Cylinders: Select the number of cylinders.
Heads: Select the number of heads.
Write Precompensation: Select the write precompensation.
Sectors: Select the number of sectors.
Maximum Capacity: Select the capacity of the device.
LBA Mode: Turn the LBA mode on or off.
Block Mode: Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple
commands, or multiple sector read/write. Select On for automatic detec-
tion of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can
support
Fast Programmed I/O Modes: Select a PIO mode (0~5) for each of the
IDE devices. Modes 0 through 5 provide successively increased
performance.
32 Bit Transfer Mode: Performance increases when 32-bit I/O transfers
are enabled.
Floppy Drive A/B
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available
options: Not Installed, 360 KB 5¼, 1.2 MB 5¼, 720 KB 3½, 1.44 MB 3½, 2.88
MB 3½.
Boot Sector Virus Protection
The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. When Enabled, BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep
if a write to the boot sector or the partition table of the HDD is attempted.
Setting options: Disabled, Enabled.
Note: This feature only protects the boot sector, not the whole hard
disk.
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