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Default HDD BIOS needs a reset

Hello...
I've been stumped about a method to clear the BIOS on
my HDD to the correct setting.
I don't know how it happened, but somehow my WD800
drive tries to boot, and clatters, then ID's as a WD600
and of course that stops the bootup.
I switched the HDD into another system, and the mis-ID
remains the same. Something has gone awry in the BIOS.
Looking at the jumper bus, I noticed a mysterious jumper
near the slave/master pins, called PM2. I'm wondering if
this is a programming mode, and maybe someone knows
if there is a program that initializes this drive as well.

In have nothing to lose at this point.
I'd appreciate some ideas.

Les