Third Ide Master - QSSC -310DA User Manual

Chapter 3 — BIOS

Third IDE Master

Device: displays the type of device assigned to this channel.
Vendor: displays the manufacturer's name of the device.
Size: displays the size of the device (GB).
LBA Mode: indicates whether LBA access mode is supported or not supported.
Block Mode: indicates whether multi sector transfer is supported.
PIO Mode: indicates whether PIO mode is supported.
Async DMA: indicates whether Async DMA is supported.
Ultra DMA: indicates whether Ultra DMA is supported.
S.M.A.R.T.: indicates whether S.M.A.R.T. mode is supported.
LBA/LARGE Mode: enables LBA access mode.
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Disabled: LBA access mode is disabled
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Auto: LBA is set to optimal or default mode if the device supports it and is not formatted with LBA
mode disabled.
Block Mode: enables multi-sector transfer block mode.
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Disabled: data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time
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Auto: data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if supported by the device
PIO Mode: select the device PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode, which determines the data transfer mode
used by IDE drives. PIO mode uses the CPU's registers for data transfer.
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Auto: automatically detects optimal or default PIO mode
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0 ~ 4: select PIO mode 0 to 4
DMA Mode: select the devices DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode which transfers data from channel to
channel without using the CPU, resulting in faster data transfer then when the CPU is used for every byte of
transfer.
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Auto: automatically detects optimal or default DMA mode
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SWDMA0 ~ SWDMA2: select SingleWord DMA 0 to 2
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MWDMA0 ~ MWDMA2: select MultiWord DMA 0 to 2
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UDMA 0 ~ UDMA5: select Ultra DMA 0 to 5
S.M.A.R.T.: (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) reports drive degradation to the operating
system to warn you of potential failure.
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Auto: automatically sets optimal or default S.M.A.R.T. mode
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Disabled: disables S.M.A.R.T.
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Enabled: enables S.M.A.R.T.
32Bit Data Transfer: enables 32-bit data transfer for improved performance.
Third IDE Slave
Device: displays the type of device assigned to this channel.
Type: select which type of device is installed or select Auto to enable the system to automatically configure
the device.
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Auto: Auto detected
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CDROM: ATAPI CDROM detected
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ARMD: ATAPI removable media device detected
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