4.3.4 Pri mary, Thi rd and Fourth I DE Master/Sl ave

The BIOS automatically detects the connected 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

 

Ultra DMA

: Ultra DMA-5

 

SMART Monitoring: Supported

 

 

 

Type

[Auto]

 

Select Screen

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

 

 

Select Item

Block(Multi-sector Transfer) M [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 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]

Bl ock (Mul ti-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]

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