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Technical Manual
ePanel-C3
Version 1.04
Configure drive mode
Drive Parameters
The "grayed-out" items in the left frame are the IDE disk drive parameters taken from the firmware of the IDE
disk drive selected.
Type
This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after the Power On Self Test
(POST) has completed. ARMD means ATAPI Removable Media Device (LS120, MO (Magneto-Optical), or
Iomega Zip drives). If you want to boot up from media on an ARMD, you must emulate boot up from a floppy or
hard disk drive. This is especially necessary when trying to boot up DOS.
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk drive.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option.
PIO Mode
IDE 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.
DMA Mode
This setting allows you to adjust the DMA mode options. SWDMAn means Single-Word, MWDMAn Multi-
Word-DMA-Mode. UDMAn means Ultra-DMA.
S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature can help predict impending drive failures.
32Bit Data Transfer
This option sets the 32-bit data transfer option.
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