A300 Motherboard
LS-120
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
The LBA/Large Mode BIOS option disables or auto detects LBA (Logical Block
Addressing). LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk drive. In LBA mode, the
maximum drive capacity is 137 GB.
Disabled This selection prevents the BIOS from using the LBA
mode control on the specified channel.
Auto (Default) This option allows the BIOS to auto detect the LBA mode
control on the specified channel.
Block (Multi Sector Transfer) [Auto]
Disabled Selecting this option prevents the BIOS from using
Multi-Sector Transfer on the specified channel. The data
to and from the device occurs one sector at a time.
Auto (Default) Selecting this value to allows the BIOS to auto detect the
device support for Multi-Sector Transfers on the specified
channel. If supported. Select this value to allow the BIOS
to auto detect the number of sectors per block for transfer
from the hard disk drive to the memory. The data transfer
to and from the device occurs multiple sectors at a time.
PIO Mode [Auto]
The PIO Mode option selects the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing
cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode
increases, the cycle time decreases.
Auto (Default) This setting allows the BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode. Use
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