Ide Device Configuration Submenus - Intel AL440LX Product Manual

IDE Device Configuration Submenus

Use this submenu to configure IDE devices, including:
•
Primary IDE master
•
Primary IDE slave
•
Secondary IDE master
•
Secondary IDE slave
Table 7.

IDE Device Configuration Submenus

Feature
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors
Maximum Capacity
Multi-Sector Transfers
LBA Mode Control
Transfer Mode
Ultra DMA
Options
•
None
•
ATAPI Removable
•
CD-ROM
•
User
•
Auto (default)
1 to XXXX
1 to 16
1 to 64
No options
•
Disabled
•
2 Sectors
•
4 Sectors
•
8 Sectors
•
16 Sectors (default)
•
Disabled
•
Enabled (default)
•
Standard
•
Fast PIO 1
•
Fast PIO 2
•
Fast PIO 3
•
Fast PIO 4 (default)
•
Disabled (default)
•
Mode 0
•
Mode 1
•
Mode 2
AL440LX Motherboard Product Guide
Description
Specifies the IDE configuration mode for IDE
devices.
User allows the cylinders, heads, and sectors
fields to be changed.
Auto automatically fills in the values for the
cylinders, heads, and sectors fields.
Specifies number of disk cylinders.
Specifies number of disk heads.
Specifies number of disk sectors.
Reports the maximum capacity for the hard disk.
Value calculated from number of cylinders, heads,
and sectors.
Specifies number of sectors per block for
transfers from the hard drive to memory.
Check the hard drive's specifications for optimum
setting.
Enables or disables logical block addressing (LBA)
in place of the Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors
fields.
CAUTION
Changing the LBA Mode Control after a hard
drive has been formatted can corrupt data on
the drive.
Specifies method for transferring data between
the hard drive and system memory.
Specifies the ultra DMA mode for the hard drive.
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