Acer ASX1200, ASX3200 manual IDE Function Setup

Models: ASX1200 ASX3200

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IDE Function Setup

Parameter

Description

Option

 

 

 

OnChip IDE Channel 0

Enables or disables the first IDE channel.

Enabled

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

Primary Master PIO

 

Auto

 

 

Mode 0

 

 

Mode 1

 

 

Mode 2

 

When set to Auto, BIOS setup automatically detects if the installed hard

Mode 3

 

disk supports the function. If supported, it allows for faster data recovery and

Mode 4

 

read/write timing that reduces hard disk activity time. This results in better

 

Primary Slave PIO

Auto

hard disk performance. Mode 0 to 4 provide progressive increase of

 

Mode 0

 

performance.

 

Mode 1

 

 

 

 

Mode 2

 

 

Mode 3

 

 

Mode 4

 

 

 

Primary Master UDMA

 

Auto

 

Enables or disables the primary and master UDMA mode

Disabled

 

 

Primary Slave UDMA

Auto

 

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

IDE DMA Transfer

Enables or disables DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfers for all IDE

Enabled

 

drives.

Disabled

 

 

 

Serial-ATA Controller

Enables or disables the serial ATA controller.

Enabled

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

IDE Prefetch Mode

Enables or disables the IDE controller to prefetch data from the IDE drive.

Enabled

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

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