Acer Veriton 3600GT/3600V, Veriton 5600GT/5600V manual Integrated Peripherals, OnChip IDE Device

Integrated Peripherals

The following table describes each Integrated Peripherals parameter. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings.

OnChip IDE Device

Press [Enter] to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

Parameter	Description	Options
IDE HDD Block Mode	Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple	Enabled
	commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your	Disabled
	IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new
	drives do), select [Enabled] for automatic
	detection of the optimal number of block read/
	write per sector the drive can support.
IDE DMA Transfer Access	This item allows you to enabled the transfer	Enabled
	access of the IDE DMA.	Disabled
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE	The integrated peripherals controller contains an	Enabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE	IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.	Disabled
	Choose Enabled to activate each channel
	separately.
IDE Primary Master PIO	The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output)	Auto, mode 1, mode 2, mode 3
IDE Primary Slave PIO	fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the	and mode 4
IDE Secondary Master PIO	four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
	supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide
IDE Secondary Slave PIO
	successively increased performance. For
	example, mode 0 data transfer rate is 3.3MB/s,
	mode 1 is 5.2 MB/s, mode 2 is 8.3MB/s, mode 3
	is 11.1 MB/s and mode 4 is 16.6MB/s. In Auto
	mode, the system automatically determines the
	best mode for each device.

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