Peripheral Setup; Secondary Ide Controller - American Megatrends Merlin User Manual

Peripheral Setup

Onboard Floppy Controller
Onboard Primary/Secondary IDE This option specifies the IDE
Onboard IDE Bus Master
Onboard Primary Prefetch
Onboard Secondary Prefetch
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Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing
the Peripheral Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup
main menu. All Peripheral Setup options are
described in this section.
Set this option to Enabled to enable the
floppy drive controller on the motherboard. The
settings are Auto (AMIBIOS automatically
determines if the floppy controller should be
enabled), Enabled, or Disabled. The Optimal and
Fail-Safe default settings are
channel used by the onboard IDE controller. The
settings are Disabled, Primary, Secondary, or Both.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are
Disabled.
Set this option to Enabled if the onboard
IDE controller is a PCI bus mastering device. The
settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and
Fail-Safe default settings are
This option enables the prefetch feature for
the specified IDE device attached to the onboard
Primary IDE controller. The settings are
Slave, Both, or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe
default settings are Disabled.
This option enables the prefetch feature
for the specified IDE device attached to the onboard
Secondary IDE controller. The settings are
Slave, Both, or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe
default settings are Disabled.
Enabled.
Enabled.
Master,
Master,
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