BIOS ROM
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| Transfer Mode |
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| Specifies mode used for data transfer.. Options (subject to device |
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| capabilities) are Max UDMA (default), PIO 0, Max PIO, Enhanced |
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| DMA, and Ultra DMA 0. |
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| Translation Parameters (ATA disks only) |
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| ✎ This feature appears only when User translation mode is selected. |
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| Allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and |
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| sectors per track) used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests |
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| (from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard |
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| drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The |
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| number of heads may not exceed 256. The number of sectors per |
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| track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible and |
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| changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User. |
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| Storage Options | Removable Media Boot |
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| Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media. |
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| Legacy Diskette Write |
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| Enables/disables ability to write data to legacy diskettes. |
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| ✎ After saving changes to Removable Media Write, the computer |
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| will restart. Turn the computer off, then on, manually. |
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| BIOS DMA Data Transfers |
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| Allows you to control how BIOS disk I/O requests are serviced. |
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| When “Enable” is selected, the BIOS will service ATA disk read and |
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| write requests with DMA data transfers. When “Disable” is selected, |
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| the BIOS will service ATA disk read and write requests with PIO |
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| data transfers. |
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| SATA Emulation |
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| Allows you to choose how the SATA controller and devices are |
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| accessed by the operating system. |
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| “Separate IDE Controller” is the default option. Up to 4 SATA and 2 |
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| PATA devices may be accessed in this mode. The SATA and PATA |
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| controllers appear as two separate IDE controllers. Use this option |
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| with Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. |
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| • SATA 0 is seen as SATA Primary Device 0 |
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| • SATA 1 (if present) is seen as SATA Secondary Device 0 |
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| “Combined IDE Controller” is the other option. Up to 2 PATA and 2 |
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| SATA devices may be accessed in this mode. The SATA and PATA |
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| controllers appear as one combined IDE controller. Use this option |
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| with Microsoft Windows 98 and earlier operating systems. |
•PATA Primary Device 0 replaces SATA 1
•PATA Primary Device 1 replaces SATA 3
✎Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.
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