Abit AX5 Instruction Booklet page 70

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/ EPP Mode Select:
When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is EPP, two
EPP version options are available: EPP1.7 or EPP1.9 .
On board IDE-1 Controller:
Onboard PCI IDE 1 controller can be set as Enable or Disable.
/ Master drive PIO Mode:
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Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of the HDD in
order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)
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Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in
order to set its data transfer rate.
/ Slave drive PIO Mode:
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Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of the HDD in
order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)
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Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in
order to set its data transfer rate.
On board IDE-2 Controller:
The onboard IDE-2 controller can be set at Enable of Disable.
/ Master drive PIO Mode:
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Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of the HDD
installed in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)
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Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in
order to set its data transfer rate.
/ Slave drive PIO Mode:
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Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of the HDD
installed in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)
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Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in
order to set its data transfer rate.
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For further information about HDD installation, refer to Appendix E.
MODE 0~4 reflects the HDD data transfer rate. The higher the
MODE value is, the better is the HDD data transfer rate. But it
does not mean that you can select the highest MODE value
just as you like, you first have to be sure that your HDD
supports this MODE, otherwise the hard disk will not be able
to operate normally.
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