4.3.5Primary / Secondary / Third IDE Master / Slave

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.

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Primary IDE Master

Device

: Not Detected

 

 

 

 

Type

 

[Auto]

LBA/Large Mode

 

[Auto]

Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)M[Auto]

PIO Mode

 

[Auto]

DMA Mode

 

[Auto]

SMART Monitoring

[Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer

[Enabled]

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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]

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Asus Z7S WS manual Primary / Secondary / Third IDE Master / Slave, Type Auto, LBA/Large Mode Auto

Z7S WS specifications

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