Asus P5SD2-FM manual Primary, Secondary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave, Type Auto

2.3.4Primary, Secondary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave

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

Primary IDE Master
Device	:	Hard Disk
Vendor	:	ST320410A
Size	:	20.0GB
LBA Mode	:	Supported
Block Mode	:	16 Sectors
PIO Mode	:	4
Async DMA	:	MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA	:	Ultra DMA-2
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.

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) [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]

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