Asus P5B Sata, Type Auto, LBA/Large Mode Auto, Block Multi-sector Transfer Auto, PIO Mode Auto

4.3.5SATA 1-6

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

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main
SATA 1			Select		the type	of
Device	: Hard Disk		device		connected	to
Vendor	: WDC WD800JD-00LSA0		the system.
Size	: 80.0GB
LBA Mode	: Supported
Block Mode	: 16 Sectors
PIO Mode	: 4
Async DMA	: MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA	: Ultra DMA-5
SMART Monitoring: Supported
Type		[Auto]		Select Screen
LBA/Large Mode		[Auto]
Block(Multi-sector Transfer)M[Auto]			+-	Select Item
PIO Mode		[Auto]		Change Option
DMA Mode		[Auto]	F1	General Help
SMART Monitoring		[Auto]	F10	Save and Exit
32Bit Data Transfer		[Enabled]	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 N/A 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) [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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