IBM PANEL1173-841 - Manual (Page 51)

PANEL1173-841 User’s Manual
Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility 43
z OnChip IDE Device
Scroll to this item and press to view the sub menu OnChip
IDE Device.
¾ IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands,
or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports
block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for
automatic detection of the optimal number of block
read/writes per sector the drive can support.
¾ IDE DMA transfer access
Automatic data transfer between system memory and IDE
device with minimum CPU intervention. This improves data
throughput and frees CPU to perform other tasks.
¾ On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE
interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled
to activate each channel separately. The default value is
“Enabled”.
NOTE Choosing Disabled for these options
willautomatically remove the IDE
rimaryMaster/Slave PIO and/or IDE Secondary