Type [Auto]

Allows you to select the type of device installed.

[Not Installed]

Select this option if no device is installed.

[Auto]

Allows automatic selection of the appropriate device type.

[CDROM]

Select this option if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive.

[ARMD]

Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a

 

ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

[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.

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]

[Auto]

When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs in

 

multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature.

[Disabled]

When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one

 

sector at a time.

PIO Mode [Auto]

[Auto]

Allows automatic selection of the PIO (Programmed input/output) modes,

 

which correspond to different data transfer rates.

[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] Sets 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 much less CPU overhead.

The DMA mode consists of SDMA (single-word DMA), MDMA (multi-word DMA), and UDMA (Ultra DMA). Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the DMA mode.

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

[Auto]

Allows automatic selection of the 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.

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

[Enabled]

Sets the controller to combine two 16-bit reads from the hard disk into

 

a single 32-bit double word transfer to the processor. This makes 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.

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