82Appendix A: BIOS reference

LBA Mode Control1.

This item allows you to enable or disable Logical Block Addressing (LBA) mode control to address drive locations. LBA involves serializing the sectors on a drive, so that each one has an integer number, ranging from 0 until the total number of sectors on the drive. This mode is standard for addressing large hard disks that have more than 1024 cylinders (thereby having a capacity of over 512 Mbytes).

By selecting Enabled, you choose LBA mode control. By selecting Disabled, you are choosing CHS addressing, which addresses drive locations using the cylinder, head, and sector number.

Options:

-Disabled (default)

-Enabled

Transfer Mode1.

This item allows you to select the method of data transfer between the IDE device and system memory.

Options:

-Standard (default)

-Fast PIO 1

-Fast PIO 2

-Fast PIO 3

1.If the Type menu item is set to Auto, the autotyping process will choose the option best suited for the drive installed in your unit.

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4SIGHT-M specifications

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