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Matrox Electronic Systems 4SIGHT-M User Manual

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80 Appendix A: BIOS reference

By selecting Auto, the drive itself provides the correct device information. This
process is called autotyping. By selecting User, you must specify various device
characteristics (such as multi-sector transfers, LBA mode control, and transfer
mode). The details of these characteristics are specified later in this section.

Options:

- Auto (default)

- None

- ATAPI Removable

- CD-ROM

- IDE Removable

- Other ATAPI

- User

Important

It is strongly recommended that you choose the Auto setting when configuring
your IDE devices. This prevents various drive errors caused by incorrect BIOS
settings.

CHS format section

1

• Cylinders.

This item allows you to enter the number of cylinders present on your device.

• Heads.

This item allows you to enter the number of heads on your device.

1. If your storage device has a capacity equal to or greater than 8.455 Gbytes, it will not use CHS address-

ing to exchange data with your unit. Therefore, you will not be required or be able to specify the num-
ber of cylinders, heads, and sectors.

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