Siemens PC 670 manual Multi Sector Transfer field

Configuring the Computing Unit in BIOS Setup Release 04/02

Multi Sector Transfer field

In the box Multi Sector-Transferthe number of blocks (sectors) are defined that will be transmitted with one interrupt. The value depends on the drive and should be set only by setting the Type field to ”Auto”.

Disabled

2,4,8,16 sectors

LBA Mode Control field

If the LBA Mode Control field (enabled,disabled) is set to ’Enabled’, the system supports hard disks with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. The value depends on the drive and should be set only by setting the Type field to ”Auto”.

32 Bit-IO field

The box 32 Bit-IOdefines the access type for the drive

Disabled	16-Bit	access
Enabled	32-Bit	access	(default)

Transfer Mode and Ultra DMA Mode fields

The settings in these fields define the interface’s data transfer rate. The value depends on the drive and should be set only by setting the Type field to ”Auto”.

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