Acnodes PC6172 - Manual (Page 43)

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PC6172
17” industrial Core 2 Duo Panel PC
IDE Primary Master / Slave: IDE Secondary Master / Slave:
The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating
mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detect its
specifications during POST, every time system boots.
If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting drive type are available:
1.Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for hard
drive types 1 through 45.
2.Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.
3.Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Setup. Here is a brief explanation of drive specifi-
cations:
Type: The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each defined drive type has a
specified number of cylinders, number of heads, write precompensation factor, landing zone, and
number of sectors. Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefine type are classi-
fied as type USER.
o Size: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually greater than the size of a
formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.
o Cyls: number of cylinders.
o Head: number of heads.
o Precomp: write precompensation cylinders.
o Landz: landing zone.
o Sector: number of sectors.
o Mode: Auto, Normal, Large or LBA.
Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.