Ide Prefetch Mode; Ide Hdd Block Mode; Raid Config; Sata Spread Spectrum - Albatron K8NF4 Series User Manual

K8NF4 Series
Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your
system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third
party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA
100, select "Auto" to enable BIOS support. Options: Auto (default)、Disabled

IDE Prefetch Mode

The "onboard" IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If you install a
primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to "Disabled" if the interface does not
support prefetching. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write.
Select the "Enabled" option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do). The
system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector.
Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled

RAID Config

If you highlight the "RAID Config" label and then press the enter key, it will take you to a submenu
with the following options:
RAID Enable
This item allows you to enable or disabled the following eight options. Options: Enabled、Disabled
(default)
IDE Primary/ Secondary /Master/Slave RAID
This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for the Primary/ Secondary /Master/Slave
device. Options: Enabled、Disabled (default)
SATA1/2 Primary/ Secondary RAID
This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function for the SATA1 /2/Primary/ Secondary device.
Options: Enabled、Disabled(default)
Serial-ATA 1/2
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA1/2 device. Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled

SATA Spread Spectrum

When you installed a SATA device this item will allow you to enable/ disable the SATA speed
spread spectrum. We recommend you to enabled this item to decrease EMI noise.
Options: Enabled (default)、Disabled
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