Peripheral Setup - American Megatrends Merlin DP User Manual

Peripheral Setup

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.
Onboard Floppy Controller
Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy drive controller on the
motherboard. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail – Safe
default settings are Enabled.
Onboard Primary/Secondary IDE
This option specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE controller. The
settings are Disabled, Primary, Secondary, or Both. The Optimal and Fail – Safe
default settings are Disabled.
Onboard IDE Bus Master
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 Enabled.
Onboard Primary Prefetch
This option enables the prefetch feature for the specified IDE device attached
to the onboard Primary IDE controller. The settings are Master, Slave, Both, or
Disabled. The Optimal and Fail – Safe default settings are Disabled.
Onboard Secondary Prefetch
This option enables the prefetch feature for the specified IDE device attached
to the onboard Secondary IDE controller. The settings are Master, Slave, Both,
or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail – Safe default settings are Disabled.
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