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have a master/slave relationship, which is determined by the cabling configuration
used to attach them to the controller. Your system supports one IDE controller – a
primary – so you have the ability to install up to two separate hard disks.
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk drive. In LBA
mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default
setting is Auto
Hard Disk Type
The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master>,
<Pri Slave>, so the user can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave
jumpers, please refer to the hard disk's installation descriptions and the hard disk
jumper settings.
You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will Enabled
auto detection of your IDE drives during boot up. This will allow you to change your
hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure
your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives, which do not support this
feature, then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as
described above by the <USER> option.
PIO MODE
PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of
commands to affect a transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell
the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the
complete task by them. This is simpler and more efficient (and faster). Your
system supports five modes, numbered from 0 to 4, which primarily differ in timing.
When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode.
BLOCK (Multi-Sector Transfer)
This option allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer
data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD).
S.M.A.R.T
This field is used to activate the S.M.A.R.T (System Management and Reporting
Technologies) function for S.M.A.R.T HDD drives. This function requires an
application that can give S.M.A.R.T message.
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