User manual ECS N2U400-A

[. . . ] This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the author. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. [. . . ] Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel. To auto-detect the HDD's size, head . Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box. Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive. Refer to your drive's documentation or look on the drive casing if you need to obtain this information. if no device is installed , change the value to None. Note: Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, ensure that you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of your hard drive. Incorrect settings can result in your system not recognizing the installed hard disk. Access Mode This item defines ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA (Large Block Addressing). Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive. These items define the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system. You can connect one or two diskette drives. This motherboard has a builtin VGA graphics system; you must leave this item at the default value. You can use this item to select which types of errors in the POST are sufficient to halt the system. These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time. You cannot make changes to these fields. This option defines advanced information about your system. When enabled, this item provides protection against viruses that try to write to the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. You need to disable this item when installing an operating system. We recommend that you enable this item as soon as you have installed an operating system. Note: For complete protection against viruses, install virus software in your operating system and update the virus definitions regularly. All processors that can be installed in this motherboard use internal level 1 (L1) cache memory to improve performance. [. . . ] The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to open Windows Explorer and show the contents of the support CD. Before installing the software from Windows Explorer, look for a file named README. This file may contain important information to help you install the software correctly. Some software is installed in separate folders for different operating systems, such as DOS, WIN NT, or WIN98/95. [. . . ]