ASROCK P55 Extreme User Manual page 65

IDE Device Configuration
You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will
use the "Primary IDE Master" as the example in the following instruction.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Primary IDE Master
Device :Hard Disk
Vendor :ST340014A
Size :40.0 GB
LBA Mode :Supported
Block Mode :16Sectors
PIO Mode :4
Async DMA :MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA :Ultra DMA-5
S.M.A.R.T. :Supported
Type [Auto]
[Auto]
LBA/Large Mode
[Auto]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
[Auto]
PIO Mode
[Auto]
DMA Mode
[Disabled]
S . M . A . R . T .
[Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer
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TYPE
Use this item to configure the type of the IDE device that you specify. Configu-
ration options: [Not Installed], [Auto], [CD/DVD], and [ARMD].
[Not Installed]: Select [Not Installed] to disable the use of IDE device.
[Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect the hard disk drive.
After selecting the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk
utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format the new IDE hard
disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data
from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary
IDE hard disk drives to active.
[CD/DVD]: This is used for IDE CD/DVD drives.
[ARMD]: This is used for IDE ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device),
such as MO.
LBA/Large Mode
Use this item to select the LBA/Large mode for a hard disk > 512 MB under
DOS and Windows; for Netware and UNIX user, select [Disabled] to
disable the LBA/Large mode.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
The default value of this item is [Auto]. If this feature is enabled, it will enhance
hard disk performance by reading or writing more data during each transfer.
PIO Mode
Use this item to set the PIO mode to enhance hard disk performance by
optimizing the hard disk timing.
Select the type
of device connected
to the system.
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
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F10 Save and Exit
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