BIOS Setup Program

4.4.3.1Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Submenus

To access these submenus, select Advanced on the menu bar,

then IDE Configuration and then the master or slave to be configured.

 

Maintenance

Main

 

Advanced

 

Security

Power

Boot

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Configuration

Peripheral Configuration

IDE Configuration

Primary IDE Master

Primary IDE Slave

Secondary IDE Master

Secondary IDE Slave

Diskette Configuration

Event Log Configuration

Video Configuration

There are four IDE submenus: primary master, primary slave, secondary master, and secondary slave. Table 51 shows the format of the IDE submenus. For brevity, only one example is shown.

Table 51. Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Submenus

Feature

Type

LBA Mode Control

Multi-Sector Transfers

Options

∙None

∙User

∙Auto (default)

∙CD-ROM

∙ATAPI Removable

∙Other ATAPI

∙IDE Removable

∙Disabled

∙Enabled (default)

∙Disabled

∙2 Sectors

∙4 Sectors

∙8 Sectors

∙16 Sectors (default)

Description

Specifies the IDE configuration mode for IDE devices.

User allows the user to change the other features in this table.

Auto automatically sets the other features in this table.

Any setting other than None or Auto enables the user to set features.

Enables or disables the LBA mode control.

Specifies number of sectors per block for transfers from the hard disk drive to memory.

Check the hard disk drive’s specifications for optimum setting.

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