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BIOS Setup
IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave
IDE Channel 2/3 Master
Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select Manual, None or Auto type. Note
that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The
hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this
category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use
Manual to define your own drive type manually.
If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the follow-
ing items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This informa-
tion should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or
the system manufacturer.
Access Mode The settings are CHS, LBA, Large, Auto.
Capacity The formatted size of the storage device.
Cylinder Number of cylinders.
Head Number of heads.
Precomp Write precompensation.
Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone.
Sector Number of sectors.
MSI Reminds You...
IDE Channel 2/3 Master only available when the following
two conditions come into existence at the same time:
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h BIOS version after 2.0
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h On-Chip Serial ATA is set to Auto (please refer Integrated
Peripherals/OnChip IDE Device/On-Chip Serial ATA for
details.)
When BIOS version 1.0 is installed, IDE Channel 0/1 Master/
Slave support maximum 4 IDE devices, including two Serial
ATA devices. In different words, if two Serial ATA devices is
installed, there will be only two IDE Channel left to support
two IDE devices.
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