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IDE Configuration
Primary IDE Master
When entering "Setup", BIOS automatically detects the presence of
IDE devices and displays the auto detection status of the IDE de-
vices. You can also manually configure the IDE drives by providing the
following information:
The following options allow the user to configure the IDE devices. When the
desired item is highlighted (selected), press "Enter" and the following
screen will be displayed:
Type
This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot
from after the AMIBIOS POST routine is completed. The settings in
clude Not Installed, Auto, CDROM and ARMD.
allows BIOS to automatically detect the presence of the IDE controller.
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a
disk drive. In LBA mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB. The
settings are Disabled and Auto. Select "Disabled" to disable LBA
mode. Select "Auto" to enable LBA mode if your device supports it
and is not already formatted with the LBA mode.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Mode
This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option. The
settings include Disabled and Auto. Disabled: This option prevents
the BIOS from using Multi-Sector Transfer on the specified channel.
The data to and from the device will occur one sector at a time.
Auto: This option allows the BIOS to auto detect device support for
Multi-Sector Transfers on the specified channel. If supported, this
option allows the BIOS to auto detect the number of sectors per block
for transfer from the hard disk drive to memory. The data transfer to
and from the device will occur multiple sectors at a time (if the device
supports it).
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Chapter 7: BIOS
The "Auto" setting
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