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ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard
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4.3.5 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
While entering Setup, BIOS auto-detects the presence of IDE devices.
There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item
then press Enter to display the IDE device information.
The values opposite the dimmed items (Capacity, Cylinder, Head,
PreComp, Landing Zone) are auto-detected by BIOS and are not user-
configurable. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the
system.
IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]
If there is no IDE hard disk drive displayed on this field, press <Enter> to
automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. In cases of undetected HDDs,
pressing enter will detect the HDD and then open access to both the IDE
Primary Master and Access Mode fields.
IDE Primary Master [Auto]
Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If automatic
detection is successful, the setup BIOS automatically fills in the correct values
for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If automatic detection fails, this
may be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new. If the hard disk was
already formatted on a previous system, the setup BIOS may detect incorrect
parameters. In these cases, select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE hard
disk drive parameters. If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive
and not replacing it, select [None]. Configuration options: [None] [Auto
[Manual]