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Steve Oraho
20-11-08, 22:56
what is the cylinder access mode in my BIOS i can set it to "auto" "small" or "large" is large better cuz its "large?". Its at auto right now but i was curious what it does and nobody has seemed to have started a topic about this.

:coffee:

wonderlust
21-11-08, 08:21
Those are legacy settings from the days before auto detection.

Leave them on auto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder-head-sector