User manual ABIT SR7-8X

[. . . ] Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] You can select Auto for a hard disk > 512 MB under DOS and Windows environment. Select Off under Netware and UNIX environment. The earlier LBA mode can support HDD capacities of up to 8. 4GB, and this mode uses a different method to calculate the position of disk data to be accessed. It translates Cylinders (CYLS), Heads and Sectors into a logical address where data is located. The Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors displayed in this menu do not reflect the actual structure of the hard disk, they are just reference values used to calculate actual positions. Currently, all high capacity hard disks support this mode, that's why we recommend you use this mode. Currently, the BIOS can support the INT 13h extension function, enabling the LBA mode to support hard disk drive capacities exceeding 128 GB. Block Mode: Two options are available: Auto ( Off. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Auto for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. Fast Programmed I/O Modes: Seven options are available: Auto ( 0 ( 1 ( 2 ( 3 ( 4 ( 5. The BIOS can auto-detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate. You can select the PIO mode from Mode 0 to Mode 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate. User's Manual 4-10 Chapter 4 32 Bit Transfer Mode: Two options are available: Off ( On. Select On can enable 32 bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. Back to Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu Here: Video Type: Five options are available: absent(VGA/EGA ( CGA 40x25 ( CGA 80x25 ( Mono. You can set your monitor display typr here. 4-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item, you can press <Enter> at any time to display all the options for this item. Attention Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recommend you use the default values. Figure 4-4A. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Upper Screen Shot SR7-8X Introducing the BIOS 4-11 Figure 4-4B. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu Lower Screen Shot Quick Boot: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. Select Enabled to skip memory test then you can enjoy the convenience of quick boot function. When you start to get in the boot sequence, press <F6> key one time, then you can see the "Select First Boot Device" menu show up. [. . . ] If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you. They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services. Due to the huge number of emails coming in every day and other reasons, such as the time required for problem reproduction, we will not be able to reply to every email. [. . . ]