User’s Manual

 

Item

 

Options

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block mode is also called block transfer,

 

 

 

 

multiple commands, or multiple sector

 

IDE HDD Block Mode

 

Enabled

read/write. If the IDE hard drive supports block

 

 

mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

automatic detection of the optimal number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

block read/writes per sector the drive can

 

 

 

 

support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDE DMA transfer access

 

Enabled

This item could allows you to enabled/disabled

 

 

the IDE UDMA transfer function and only use

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

PIO mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enabled

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with

 

On-Chip Primary /

 

support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to

 

Secondary PCI IDE

 

Disabled

activate the primary/Secondary IDE interface.

 

 

 

 

Select Disabled to deactivate this interface.

 

 

 

Auto

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields

 

 

 

let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four

 

IDE Primary Master PIO

 

Mode 0

 

 

IDE devices that

the

onboard

IDE

interface

 

IDE Primary Slave PIO

 

Mode 1

 

 

supports.

Modes

0

through

4

provide

 

IDE Secondary Master PIO

 

Mode 2

 

 

successively increased

performance. In Auto

 

IDE Secondary Slave PIO

 

Mode 3

 

 

mode, the system automatically determines the

 

 

 

Mode 4

 

 

 

best mode for each device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if

 

IDE Primary Master UDMA

 

 

your IDE

hard drive

supports

it

and the

 

 

 

operating environment includes a DMA driver

 

IDE Primary Slave UDMA

 

Auto

 

 

(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus

IDE Secondary Master UDMA

 

Disabled

 

master driver). If the hard drive and the system

IDE Secondary Slave UDMA

 

 

 

 

software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enable BIOS support.

 

 

 

 

SATA Mode

 

IDE

Setup the onboard SATA Mode.

 

 

 

 

AHCI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

The chipset contains a SATA IDE interface with

 

 

 

Auto

 

 

 

support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to

 

OnChip Serial ATA

 

Combined Mode

 

 

activate the primary IDE interface (Channel0).

 

 

 

Enhanced Mode

 

 

 

Select Disabled to deactivate this interface.

 

 

 

SATA Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATA IDE Mode

 

Secondary

To select PATA IDE mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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