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MSI MS-7304 User Manual

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BIOS Setup

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SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4

Device, Vendor, Size

It shows the information of the HDD that you connect to the SATA connector.

LBA/Large M ode

This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to [Auto] enables LBA
mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA
mode disabled.

DM A M ode

Select DMA Mode.

Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.

This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting
Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your
disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move
data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk
becomes offline.

Halt On

The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot.
W hen the system stops for the errors preset, it will halt on for 15 seconds and then
automatically resume its operation.

System Information

These items show the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your
system (read only).