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Parameter | Description | Option |
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Size | Specifies the size of your hard disk, in MB | User input |
Hard Disk LBA | When set to Auto, the BIOS utility |
Mode * | automatically detects if the installed hard |
| disk supports the function. If supported, it |
| allows you to use a hard disk with a |
| capacity of more than 528 MB. This is made |
| possible through the Logical Block Address |
| (LBA) mode translation. However, this |
| enhanced IDE feature works only under |
| DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows |
| 98, Windows NT 3.5 and above, and |
| Windows 2000. Other operating systems |
| require this parameter to be set to |
| Disabled. |
Auto
Disabled
Hard Disk | Enhances disk performance depending on |
Block Mode * | the hard disk in use. If you set this |
| parameter to Auto, the BIOS utility |
| automatically detects if the installed hard |
| disk drive suports the Block Mode function. |
| If supported, it allows data transfer in |
| blocks (multiple sectors) at a rate of |
| 256 bytes per cycle. |
Auto
Disabled
Hard Disk Improves system performance by allowing
enhanced IDE feature works only under DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Novell Netware. If your software or hard disk does not support this function, set this parameter to Disabled.
Enabled
Disabled
Advanced PIO | When set to Auto, the BIOS utility |
Mode * | automatically detects if the installed hard |
| disk supports the function. If supported, it |
| allows for faster data recovery and read/ |
| write timing that reduces hard disk activity |
| time. This results in better hard disk |
| performance. To disregard the feature, |
| change the setting to Disabled. |
Enabled
Auto
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4 Disabled
