Asus P5Q-EM DO manual SATA1-6, Type Auto, LBA/Large Mode Auto, Block Multi-Sector Transfer M Auto

2.3.4SATA1-6

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the SATA device information.

		BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
SATA 1
Device	: Hard Disk
Vendor	: WDC WD800JD-00LSA0
Size	: 80.0GB
LBA Mode	: Supported
Block Mode	: 16 Sectors
PIO Mode	: 4
Async DMA	: MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA	: Ultra DMA-5
SMART Monitoring: Supported
Type		[Auto]
LBA/Large Mode		[Auto]
Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)M[Auto]
PIO Mode		[Auto]
DMA Mode		[Auto]
SMART Monitoring		[Auto]
32Bit Data Transfer		[Enabled]

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Select Screen

Select Item

+- Change Option

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.

Type [Auto]

Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]

Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

PIO Mode [Auto]

Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

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