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Manual hdd type selection, Cylinder, Head – Asus P4U800-X User Manual

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ASUS P4U800-X motherboard

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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.

IDE Primary Master

IDE Auto-Detection

[Press Enter]

IDE Primary Master

[Manual]

Access Mode

[CHS]

Capacity

40020 MB

Cylinder

[19158]

Head

[ 16]

Sector

[ 255]

Transfer Mode

UDMA 2

F1

: Help

↑↓

: Select Item

-/+

: Change Value

F5

: Setup Defaults

ESC : Exit

→←

: Select Menu

Enter : Select Sub-menu

F10 : Save and Exit

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

Enter the value.

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, and sector per track for the drive, highlight an item, key-
in the value that you obtained from the drive documentation then press .
Refer to the drive documentation or the drive label for this information.

To enter a value, you may also highlight the item, then press to display a
pop-up menu. Type in the value from the drive documentation, then press .

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.