| Menu Item |
Options |
Description |
| Hard Disk Type |
Auto Configured
User Definable
Disabled |
Auto Configured - the BIOS automatically senses and configures any IDE drives in the system.
User Definable - allows user to explicitly configure the IDE drive parameters. |
| Number of Cylinders |
------ |
Informational Only. |
| Number of Heads |
------ |
Informational Only. |
| Number of Sectors |
------ |
Informational Only. |
| Maximum Capacity |
Informative only |
Capacity value calculated from Cylinder, head, and Sector information above. |
| IDE Translation Mode |
Standard CHS
Logical Block
Extended CHS
Auto Detected |
Selects the translation mode for the IDE hard disk. Standard CHS addressing (cylinder count of 1024 or less), Extended CHS addressing (cylinder count > 1024), Logical Block addressing (if supported by disk). "Auto Detect" will select the proper method based on information from the hard disk. |
| Multiple Sector Setting |
Disabled
4 Sectors/Block
8 Sectors/Block
Auto Detected
|
Sets IDE programmed I/O cycles so that multiple sectors are transferred with a single interrupt. |
| Fast Programmed I/O Modes |
Disabled
Auto Detected
|
When set to "Auto Detected", the BIOS will query an IDE hard disk connected to the PCI IDE bus and use the fastest PIO protocol supported by the hard disk/controller pair. |
