Manual hdd type selection, Cylinder, Head – Asus AP1720-E1 User Manual
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Manual HDD type selection
If you wish to manually enter the hard disk information, set the IDE
Primary Master item to [Manual], and the Access Mode item to [CHS]. To
manually enter the number of cylinder, head, precomp, landing zone, and
sector per track for the drive, highlight an item, key-in the value that you
obtained from the drive documentation then press Enter. Refer to the drive
documentation or the drive label for this information.
To enter a value, you may also highlight the item, then press Enter to
display a pop-up menu. Type in the value from the drive documentation,
then press Enter.
Capacity [xxxxx MB]
This item displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. The value is not
user-configurable.
Cylinder
This item shows the number of the hard disk cylinders.
Head
This item shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads.
Primary Master
Auto-Detection
[Press Enter]
IDE Primary Master
[Manual]
Access Mode
[CHS]
Capacity
40020 MB
Cylinder
[19158]
Head
[ 16]
Precomp
[ 0]
Landing Zone
[19157]
Sector
[ 255]
To auto-detect the
HDD’s size, head...on
this channel.
Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have
the correct configuration information supplied by the drive
manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to
recognize the installed hard disk.