2.3.6 SATA1, SATA2

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

SATA1

Device

: Hard Disk

Vendor

: ST320413A

Size

: 20.0GB

LBA Mode

: Supported

Block Mode

: 16 Sectors

PIO Mode

: Supported

Async DMA

: MultiWord DMA-2

Ultra DMA

: Ultra DMA-5

SMART Monitoring: Supported

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

Block(Multi-sector Transfer) M

[Auto]

PIO Mode

[Auto]

DMA Mode

[Auto]

Smart Monitoring

[Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer

[Enabled]

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.

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]

Bl ock (Mul ti-sector Transfer) M [ 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]

ASUS M2N8-VMX

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