BIOS Setup Program
85
4.4.4 Drive Confi guration Submenu

To access this submenu, select Advanced on the menu bar and then Drive Configuration.

Maintenance Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit

PCI Configuration

Boot Configuration

Peripheral Configuration
Drive Configuration
Floppy Configuration
Event Log Configuration
Video Configuration
USB Configuration
Chipset Configuration

The menu represented in Table 47 is used to configure IDE device options.

Table 47. Drive Configuration Submenu

Feature Options Description
PCI IDE Bus Master Disabled
Enabled (default)
Enables/disables the use of DMA for hard drive BIOS
INT13 reads and writes.
Hard Disk Pre-Delay Disabled (default)
1 Second
2 Seconds
3 Seconds
4 Seconds
5 Seconds
6 Seconds
9 Seconds
12 Seconds
15 Seconds
21 Seconds
30 Seconds
Specifies the hard disk drive pre-delay.
SATA Port-0 None Not supported
SATA Port-1 None Not supported
PATA Primary Master Select to displ ay
sub-menu
Reports type of connected device on Parallel ATA
(PATA) IDE primary master interface.
PATA Primary Slave Select to display
sub-menu
Reports type of connected device on Parallel ATA
(PATA) IDE primary slave interface.
PATA Secondary Master Select to display
sub-menu
Reports type of connected device on Parallel ATA
(PATA) IDE secondary master interface.
PATA Secondary Slave Select to display
sub-menu
Reports type of connected device on Parallel ATA
(PATA) IDE secondary slave interface.
continued