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4.3.4
Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA0 Primary/Secondary
Channel, SATA1 Primary/Secondary Channel, SATA2 Primary/
Secondary Channel
The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a separate
sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display
the IDE device information.
Primary IDE Master
Device
Vendor
Size
LBA Mode
Block Mode
PIO Mode
Async DMA
Ultra DMA
SMART Monitoring: Supported
Type
LBA/Large Mode
Block(Multi-Sector Transfer) [Auto]
PIO Mode
DMA Mode
SMART Monitoring
32Bit Data Transfer
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device,
Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and
SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable. These items show
N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
Type [Auto]
Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the
appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specifically configuring a
CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is
either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.
Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the
device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA
mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data
transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device
supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer
from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options:
[Disabled] [Auto]
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: Hard Disk
: ST320413A
: 20.0GB
: Supported
: 16 Sectors
: Supported
: MultiWord DMA-2
: Ultra DMA-5
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Disabled]
Chapter : BIOS setup
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