Mainboard
Init Display First
With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI slot or a
IDE Function Setup
If you highlight the “IDE Function Setup” label and then press the enter key, it will take you to a submenu with the following options.
OnChip IDE Channel 0/1
The mainboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a primary and/or secondary
Options: Enabled (Default), Disabled
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 100, select “Auto” to enable BIOS support. Options: Auto (Default), Disabled
IDE Prefetch Mode
The “onboard” IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If you install a primary and/or secondary
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read/write. Select the “Enabled” option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do). The system will automatically determine the optimal number of blocks to read and write per sector. Options: Enabled (Default), Disabled
RAID Config
If you highlight the “RAID Config” label and then press the enter key, it will take you to a submenu with the following options.
RAID Enable
This allows you to enable or disable the RAID function. Options: Enabled, Disabled (Default)
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