Leadtek WinFast 6200MA User Manual - page 44
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1.
Select the appropriate password option (Supervisor or User) from the main
menu and press [ENTER]. Enter the current password and press [Enter].
The screen does not display the characters entered. Enter in the new
password, then the confirmation. You cannot change the current password
unless you know it.
Erasing a Password:
1.
If you know the current password, but want to disable password checking,
follow the procedure for changing the password. When Setup prompts for
the new password, simply press [ENTER]. You will see a message
indicating that the password is disabled.
2.
If you do not know the current password, the CMOS must be cleared by
removing the battery for a while and then re-installing it back. *This will
clear all user-defined BIOS.
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IDE HDD Auto Detection
The "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility is a very useful tool especially when you do not
know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct
disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you can set HARD DISK TYPE to Auto
in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP. You do not need the "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION"
utility. The BIOS will Auto-detect the hard disk size and model during POST.
NOTE: HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA and LARGE mode. Generic access
mode that is neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make transformations during accessing.
NORMAL mode
The maximum numbers of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024, 16 and 63.
no. Cylinder (1024) x no. Head ( 16) x no. Sector ( 63) x no. per sector( 512) = 528 Megabytes
If an user sets the HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528
Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: This is a new HDD accessing method to overcome the
528 Megabyte bottleneck.
The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in the setup may not be the number physically
contained in the HDD. During the HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical
address described by sector, head and cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD. The
maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode can be larger than 8.4 GB for IDE hard drives.
These BIOSes have built-in INT13 extension support.
Full support of hard drives beyond the 8.4-GB capacity requires support in both the BIOS and
the operating system.
The table below shows the maximum hard drive partition size and total capacity supported by
different operating systems:
Operating System
Max. Partition Size
Max. HDD Capacity
MS DOS
2.1 GB
Win95 OSR1
2.1 GB
>8.4 GB
Win95 OSR2
No limit
>8.4 GB