BIOS Setup

 

specifications of your drive must match with

 

the drive table. The hard disk will not work

 

properly if you enter improper information for

 

this category. If your hard disk drive type is

 

not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to

 

define your own drive type manually.

[LBA/Large Mode]

Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Ad-

 

dressing to be used in place of Cylinders,

 

Heads and Sectors

[Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)]

Any selection except Disabled determines

 

the number of sectors transferred per block

[PIO Mode]

Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/

 

Output)

[DMA Mode]

Indicates the type of Ultra DMA

[S.M.A.R.T.]

This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T.

 

(Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting

 

Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.

 

M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk sta

 

tus to predict hard disk failure. This gives you

 

an opportunity to move data from a hard disk

 

that is going to fail to a safe place before the

 

hard disk becomes offline.

[32 Bit Data Transfer]

Enables 32-bit communication between

 

CPU and IDE card

Super IO Configuration

 

Serial Port 1 / 2 Address

Select an address and a corresponding interrupt for the serial port 1/2.

Serial Port2 Mode

This item allows you to select mode for Serial Port2.

Watch Dog

This feature is used to enable/disable the Watch Dog feature.

Chassis Intrusion

The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened. To clear

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Intel IM-Q35 Series Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 / 2 Address, Serial Port2 Mode, Watch Dog, Chassis Intrusion