Hard Drive Setup Descriptions
The configuration options described below work identically for HARD DRIVES 0 - 3.
Device: | Displays the type of IDE device currently installed. Type choices include |
| Not Installed, Hard Disk, ATAPI CDROM, and ARMD. |
Vendor: | Displays the manufacturer device identification information. |
Size: | Displays the storage capacity of the device. |
LBA Mode: | Displays support for Logical Block Accessing. LBA uses |
| addressing of the hard disk instead of CHS (Cylinder/Head/Sector) |
| addressing for supporting drives up to 137GB. |
Block Mode: | Displays the maximum Block Mode transfer for the device. |
PIO Mode: | Displays the maximum PIO supported by the device. |
Async DMA: | Displays the highest support Asynchronous DMA Mode. |
Ultra DMA: | Displays the highest support Synchronous DMA Mode. |
S.M.A.R.T.: | Displays device support for |
| Technology. This protocol allows detection of drive errors. |
Type: | Selects the type of IDE device. Type choices include Not Installed, Auto, |
| CDROM, and ARMD. |
| If AUTO type is selected, the hard drive parameters are read during |
| |
| such as manufacturer and model number, is displayed during POST. |
| The CDROM type will enable bootable |
| CDROM drive attached as a master or slave. An IDE |
| made the boot device through the BOOT OPTIONS screen. |
| The ARMD type is selected when an ATAPI Removable Media Device is |
| present. This includes drives for high capacity floppies that can be |
| formatted as floppies or hard disks, e.g., LS120, IOMega Zip, Fujitsu |
| MO, and certain FLASH devices. |
32BIT Data Transfer: | Controls support for 32Bit IDE transfers. |
ARMD Emulation Type: | Selects the ARMD device emulation type by BIOS. |
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