MSI K9NGM Series User Manual page 46

Device/ Vender/ Size/ LBA Mode/ Block M ode/ PIO Mode/ Async DM A/
Ultra DMA/ S.M.A.R.T.
It will showing the device information that you connected to the IDE/SATA
connector.
Type
Select the type of IDE device. Setting options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD],
[ARMD].
LBA/Large M ode
This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to Auto enables LBA
mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA
mode disabled.
DM A M ode
Select DMA Mode.
Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.
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 status 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.
Important
Primary/ Secondary IDE M aster/ Slave, Serial-ATA 0/ 1 Primary/
Secondary Channel are appearing when you connect the HD devices to
the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard.
Floppy Drive A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed.
BIOS Setup
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