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The following settings identify the type of EIDE devices installed in the computer:

l Auto (use this setting for all EIDE devices from Dell)

l Off

l User 1 or User 2

l A specific drive-type number

To choose a setting for each option, press <Enter> to access the field's pop-up settings menu. Then type characters from the keyboard or press

the left- or right-arrow key to cycle through the settings.

A drive-type number specifies the parameters of a hard-disk drive, based on a table recorded in the system's basic input/output system (BIOS).

If You Have a Problem

If the system generates a drive error message the first time you boot your system after you install an EIDE drive, it may mean that your particular

drive does not work with the automatic drive-type detect feature. If you suspect that your problem is related to drive type, try entering your drive-type

information in one of the following ways:

l If you know the drive-type number

Use the drive-type number you found in the documentation that came with the drive, or if the drive was installed by Dell when you

purchased your system, access the Manufacturing Test Report from the Dell Accessories folder.

To set the drive-type number in System Setup, highlight the appropriate drive option (Primary Drive 0 or Primary Drive 1) and type

the correct drive-type number. If you prefer, you can press the right- or left-arrow key to increase or decrease, respectively, the drive-

type number until the correct one is displayed.

l If you do not know the drive-type number

The Drive 0 and Drive 1 options display the following parameters for each drive:

¡ Drive Type is the drive-type number for the selected hard-disk drive.

¡ Capacity (automatically calculated by the system) indicates the number of millions of bytes of storage provided by the drive.

¡ Cylinders is the number of logical cylinders.

¡ Heads indicates the number of logical heads in the drive.

¡ Sectors is the number of logical sectors per track.

If none of the supported drive types match the parameters of your new drive, you can enter your own parameters. To do so, highlight the Drive 0

option and type u to display User 1. You can then press the right- or left-arrow key to switch between the User 1 and User 2 settings (only two

user-defined drive types are allowed). Then press the <Tab> key to highlight each of the parameter fields in succession, and enter the appropriate

number for each field.

Remote Wake Up

Remote Wake Up allows you to set the Remote Wake Up feature to On or Off. You must reboot your system before a change takes effect.

Report Keyboard Errors

Report Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that

the system performs on the hardware each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.

This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations,

NOTES: For all devices obtained from Dell that use the integrated EIDE controller, set the appropriate Drive option to Auto.

You must have an EIDE device connected to the primary EIDE interface if you have an EIDE device connected to the secondary EIDE

interface.

NOTE: Operating systems that bypass the system BIOS may not obtain optimum hard-disk drive performance.

NOTE: You can use the User 1 and User 2 drive types for both the Primary and Secondary Drive 0 and Drive 1 options. However, if

you select the User 1 or User 2 drive type, you may not obtain optimum hard-disk drive performance. Also, you cannot use the User 1

and User 2 drive types for hard-disk drives with a storage capacity that is greater than 528 megabytes (MB).

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