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H8SME-F SERVERBOARD USER'S MANUAL
IDE Confi guration
Onboard PCI IDE Controller
This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the PCI IDE controller.
OnChip SATA Channel
This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the OnChip SATA channel.
OnChip SATA Type
Use this setting to set the OnChip SATA type. Options include
Native IDE, RAID, AMD_AHCI and Legacy IDE.
RAID Codebase
This submenu appears when you choose "RAID" from the "OnChip SATA
Type" setting above. This setting allows you to select the codebase for using
your RAID setup. Options are either Adaptec or DotHill.
Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk
drive. The options are Disabled and Auto.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data
transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block
mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt.
Select "Disabled" to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device
one sector at a time. Select "Auto" to allows the data transfer from and to the
device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it. The options
are Auto and Disabled.
PIO Mode
PIO (Programmable I/O) mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive
and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the cycle
time decreases.
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