MSI MS-9803 User Manual page 46

MS-9803 Mainboard
Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave
[Type]
[LBA/Large Mode]
[Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)] Any selection except Disabled determines
[PIO Mode]
[DMA Mode]
[S.M.A.R.T.]
[32 Bit Data Transfer]
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Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select
[Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the
specifications of your drive must match with
the drive table. The hard disk will not work
properly if you enter improper information for
this category. If your hard disk drive type is
not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to
define your own drive type manually.
Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Ad-
dressing to be used in place of Cylinders,
Heads and Sectors
the number of sectors transferred per block
Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/
Output)
Indicates the type of Ultra DMA
This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T.
(Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting
Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.
M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk sta
tus to predict hard disk failure. This gives you
an opportunity to move data from a hard disk
that is going to fail to a safe place before the
hard disk becomes offline.
Enables 32-bit communication between
CPU and IDE card