2.3.4Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave

While entering Setup, BIOS auto-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

 

 

Device

: Hard Disk

of device connected

Vendor

: ST320413A

to the system.

Size

: 20.0GB

 

LBA Mode

: Supported

 

Block Mode

: 16 Sectors

 

PIO Mode

: 4

 

Async DMA

: MultiWord DMA-2

 

SMART Monitoring: Supported

 

 

 

Type

[Auto]

 

Select Screen

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

 

 

Select Item

Block (Multi-sector Transfer)

[Auto]

 

+-

Change Option

PIO Mode

[Auto]

F1

General Help

DMA Mode

[Auto]

F10

Save and Exit

Smart Monitoring

[Auto]

ESC

Exit

32Bit Data Transfer

[Disabled]

 

 

The values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring) are auto- detected by BIOS and are not user-configurable. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.

Type [Auto]

Selects the type of IDE 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) [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]

PIO Mode [Auto]

Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Chapter 2: BIOS information