CPEX Series

CyberResearch® CPU Cards

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 (Logical Block Addressing)/Large 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]

IDE Programmed I/O (PIO) Mode programs the timing cycle between IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller. As PIO mode increases, the cycle time decreases. Select [Auto] to let AMIBIOS select the PIO mode. If you select a specific value for the PIO mode, you must be absolutely sure that the value you are selecting is supported by the IDE being configured.

Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode for the device.

Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

SMART stands for Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. It allows AMIBIOS to use the SMART protocol to report server system information over a network.

Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. If the host controller does not support 32-bit data transfer, this menu must be set to [Disabled]

Configuration options:[Disabled] [Enabled]

Hard Disk Write protect [Disabled]

This menu allows you to enable or disable the hard disk write protect. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host & Device]

This menu allows you to configure the mechanism for detecting 80-pin ATA(PI) cable.

Configuration options: [Host & Device] [Host] [Device]

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