Asus M4A78T-E - Motherboard - ATX User Manual page 68

Type [Auto]
Allows you to select the type of IDE drive installed.
[Not Installed]
[Auto]
[CDROM]
[ARMD]
This item appears in Primary IDE Master/Slave and ESATA only.
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode.
[Auto]
[Disabled]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers.
[Auto]
[Disabled]
PIO Mode [Auto]
[Auto]
[0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DMA Mode [Auto]
DMA (Direct Memory Access) allows your computer to transfer data to and from the hardware
devices installed with much less CPU overhead.
The DMA mode consists of SDMA (single-word DMA), MDMA (multi-word DMA), and UDMA
(Ultra DMA). Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the DMA mode.
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
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Select this option if no IDE drive is installed.
Allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type.
Select this option if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive.
Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a
ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.
Select [Auto] to enable the LBA mode (Logical Block Addressing mode)
if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously
formatted with LBA mode disabled.
Disables this function.
When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs in
multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature.
When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one
sector at a time.
Allows automatic selection of the PIO (Programmed input/output) modes,
which correspond to different data transfer rates.
Set the PIO mode to Mode 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
Allows automatic selection of the S.M.A.R.T (Smart Monitoring, Analysis,
and Reporting Technology).
Enables the S.M.A.R.T feature.
Disables the S.M.A.R.T feature.
Chapter 3: BIOS setup