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Q131700: Gateway P5 100XL IDE Drive Settings Using LBA

Article: Q131700
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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If two connectors of the IDE controller (configured for logical block
addressing - LBA) on a Gateway 2000 P5 100XL computer are sharing Interrupt
Request (IRQ) lines, I/O port addresses or Direct Memory Access (DMA)
channels in Windows NT 3.5, ensure the following configurations are set in
the Advanced CMOS of the computer:

  Drive Type: Auto-detection
  IDE Translation mode: LBA
  Multiple Sector mode: Disabled
  Fast Programmed I/O: Disabled
  PIO: Disabled


The Gateway 2000 P5 100XL computer is manufactured by Gateway 2000, Inc., a
vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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