(master and slave screens, continued)

 

FORMAT:

[option]

 

 

OPTIONS:

Disabled

DIsables the feature.

 

 

Standard

Standard is 1 sector per

 

 

 

block.

Multi-Sector Transfers

 

2 sectors

Number of sectors trans-

 

 

4 sectors

ferred per block.

 

 

8 sectors

 

 

 

16 sectors

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[option]

 

 

OPTIONS:

Disabled / Enabled

Enabling LBA causes logi-

LBA Mode Control

 

 

cal block addressing to be

 

 

used in place of Cylin-

 

 

 

ders, Heads, and Sectors.

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[option]

 

 

OPTIONS:

Disabled / Enabled

Enables 32-bit communi-

32-bit I/O

 

 

cation between CPU and

 

 

IDE card. Requires PCI or

 

 

 

local bus.

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[option]

 

 

OPTIONS:

Standard

Selects the method for

 

 

Fast PIO 1

transferring data between

 

 

Fast PIO 2

the HDD and system

Transfer Mode

 

Fast PIO 3

memory.

 

 

Fast PIO 4

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

The Setup menu only lists those options sup-

 

 

ported by the drive and platform.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[option]

 

 

OPTIONS:

Disabled / Enabled

Self-Monitoring Analysis-

 

 

 

Reporting Technology,

SMART Monitoring

 

 

which monitors condition

 

 

 

of the HDD and reports

 

 

 

when a catastrophic IDE

 

 

 

failure is about to happen.

 

 

 

 

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Tyan Computer S2460 user manual Multi-Sector Transfers, LBA Mode Control, Bit I/O, Transfer Mode, Smart Monitoring