Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000
BIOS Setup
4-8
IDE Adapters
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive.
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use below table to
configure the hard disk.
Item Options Description
IDE HDD Auto-
detection
Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this
channel. If detection is successful, it fills the
remaining fields on this menu.
IDE Primary Master None
Auto
Manual
Selecting anual
lets you set the remaining
fields on this screen. Selects the type of fixed
disk. "User Type" will let you select the
number of cylinders, heads, etc. Note:
PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !
Capacity Auto Display your disk drive
size
Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that
this size is usually slightly greater than the size
of a formatted disk given by a disk checking
program.
Access Mode Normal
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
The following options are selectable only if the DE Primary Master
item is set to anual’
Cylinder Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.
Head Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp Min = 0
Max = 65535
**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means
no hard disk
Landing zone Min = 0
Max = 65535
****
Sector Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track
Table 4-3 Hard disk selections
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