[Tech ARP] BIOS Option Of The Week - Hard Disk Pre-Delay

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Dear editor,

 

 

 

We have just posted the *BIOS Option Of The Week* *- Hard Disk Pre-Delay*.

 

 

 

Quote : Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide,

affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page,

it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we

started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 - a simplified

edition and the complete edition.

 

Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers who help

sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee. However, that

changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS option from the complete

edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide every weekend.

 

This week, we will be taking a look at the *Hard Disk Pre-Delay* BIOS

setting. Here's an excerpt :

 

 

 

 

 

*"Motherboards are capable of booting up much faster these days.

Unfortunately, this also means that some older IDE drives will not be able

to spin up in time to be initialized! When this happens, the BIOS will not

be able to detect that IDE drive and the drive will not be accessible even

though it is actually running just fine. This is where the Hard Disk

Pre-Delay BIOS feature comes in. It allows you to force the BIOS to..."*

 

 

 

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