BIOS Setup Utility

 

SY-5SSM & SY-5SSM/5

3-8.1 IDE Device Controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDE Controls

Setting

Description

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal PCI/IDE

Both

Selects which PCI IDE

Default

Disabled

controller to use.

 

Primary

 

 

Secondary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following fields may be configured only if [Internal PCI/IDE] is set to [Both], [Primary], or [Secondary].

IDE

ØPrimary Master PIO

ØPrimary Slave PIO

ØSecondary Master PIO

ØSecondary Slave PIO

Mode 0-4 0 is the slowest speed 4 is the fastest speed

Auto For better performance Default and stability, we

suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing.

ØPrimary Master UltraDMA

ØPrimary Slave UltraDMA

ØSecondary Master U-DMA

ØSecondary Slave U-DMA

Disabled

Auto

Select Auto to enable

Default

 

Ultra DMA Mode

 

 

support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following field may be configured only if [Internal PCI/IDE] is set to [Both], [Primary], or [Secondary].

IDE Burst Mode

Disabled

Enabled Select this option if Default your hard disk support

this function.

IDE Data Port Post Write

Disabled

Enabled Select this option if Default your hard disk support

this function.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Disabled

Enabled Invokes multi-sector Default transfer instead of one sector per transfer. Not

all HDDs support this function.

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SOYO SY-5SSM/5 manual Ide, IDE Burst Mode, IDE Data Port Post Write, IDE HDD Block Mode

SY-5SSM, SY-5SSM/5 specifications

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