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BIOS Setup

IP35 Pro 2-11

HDD Auto-Detection

This item allows you to detect the parameters of hard drives by pressing <Enter> key. The

parameters will be shown on the screen automatically.

SATA Channel 1 ~ SATA Channel 6

When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of SATA hard drive you are

using. If you want to define your own drive yourself, set it to [Manual] and make sure you fully

understand the meaning of the parameters. Please refer to the instruction manual provided by

the device’s manufacturer to get the setting right.

Access Mode

This item selects the mode to access your SATA devices. Leave this item at its default [Auto]

setting to detect the access mode of your HDD automatically.

Capacity

This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater

than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.

Cylinder

This item configures the numbers of cylinders.

Head

This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.

Precomp

This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.

Landing Zone

This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write

heads.

Sector

This item configures the numbers of sectors per track.

 Back to Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu

Drive A & Drive B

This item sets the type of floppy drives (usually only Drive A) installed.

Floppy 3 Mode Support

This item allows you to use “3 Mode Floppy Drive” in Japanese computer systems by selecting

drive A, B, or both. Leave this item at its default [Disabled] setting if you are not using this

Japanese standard floppy drive.

Halt On

This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system boot-up.

[All Errors]: The system-boot will stop whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error.

[No Errors]: The system-boot will not stop for any error detected.

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