Gateway ALR 7200 User Manual

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BIOS Setup 67

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Multi-Sector Transfers: enabling this option allows multiple
sector data transfers on compatible drives. The options are

Disabled,

Standard, 2 Sectors, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors,

and

16 Sectors.

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LBA Mode Control: enabling this option causes Logical Block
Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders, Heads and Sectors.
The options are

Enabled

and

Disabled.

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32 Bit I/O: enabling this option allows 32-bit communication
between the processor and the IDE controller. The options are

Enabled

and

Disabled.

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Transfer Mode: selects the method for moving data to and from
the drive. The options listed are those supported by the drive and
the platform; either

Standard, Fast PIO 1, Fast PIO 2, Fast PIO 3,

and

Fast PIO 4;

Standard, FPIO3/DMA1,

and

FPIO4/DMA2.

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Ultra DMA Mode: enabling this option allows a faster data
transfer rate with compatible drives. The options are

Mode 0,

Mode 1,

and

Mode 2.

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