2.3.4Primary IDE Master/Slave

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

Primary IDE Master

 

Select the type of

 

 

 

device connected to the

Device

: Not Detected

 

system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

[Auto]

 

LBA/Large Mode

 

[Auto]

 

Block(Multi-Sector Transfer) M

[Auto]

 

PIO Mode

 

[Auto]

 

DMA Mode

 

[Auto]

 

SMART Monitoring

[Auto]

Select Screen

32Bit Data Transfer

[Disabled]

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

+-

Change Option

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

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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 Not Detected if no IDE device is installed in the system.

Type [Auto]

Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.

Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]

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]

Block (Multi-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]

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