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Allows you to select the type of SATA drive installed.
[Not Installed] | Select this option if no SATA drive is installed. |
[Auto] | Allows automatic selection of the appropriate SATA device type. |
[CDROM] | Select this option if you are specifically configuring a |
[ARMD] | Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is a ZIP, |
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Enables or disables the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode.
[Auto] | Select [Auto] to enable the LBA mode (Logical Block Addressing mode) |
| if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously |
| formatted with LBA mode disabled. |
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
Enables or disables data
[Auto] | When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs in |
| multiple sectors at a time if the device supports the |
| feature. |
[Disabled] | When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one |
| sector at a time. |
[Auto] | Allows automatic selection of the PIO (Programmed input/output) modes, |
| which correspond to different data transfer rates. |
[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] Set the PIO mode to Mode 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
DMA Mode [Auto]DMA (Direct Memory Access) allows your computer to transfer data to and from the hardware devices installed with very little CPU overhead.
The DMA mode consists of SDMA
[Auto] | Allows automatic selection of S.M.A.R.T (Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and |
| Reporting Technology). |
[Enabled] | Enables the S.M.A.R.T feature. |
[Disabled] | Disables the S.M.A.R.T feature. |
[Enabled] | Sets the IDE controller to combine two |
| into a single |
| more efficient use of the PCI bus as fewer transactions are needed for the |
| transfer of a particular amount of data. |
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
Chapter 3: BIOS setup |