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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.3.4 Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE

devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device

item then press to display the IDE device information.

Primary IDE Master

Select the type of

device connected to

the system.

Device

: Hard Disk

Vendor

: ST320410A

Size

: 20.0GB

LBA Mode

: Supported

Block Mode

: 16 Sectors

PIO Mode

: 4

Async DMA

: MultiWord DMA-2

Ultra DMA

: Ultra DMA-5

SMART Monitoring

: Supported

Type

[Auto]

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

Block(Multi-sector Transfer) M [Auto]

PIO Mode

[Auto]

DMA Mode

[Auto]

SMART Monitoring

[Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer

[Disabled]

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items

(Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra

DMA, and SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable.

These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.

Type [Auto]

Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to Auto allows automatic selection

of the appropriate IDE device type. Select CDROM if you are specifically

configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device)

if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Configuration options:

[Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to Auto enables the LBA mode

if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously

formatted with LBA mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled]

[Auto]

Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto]

Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to Auto, the

data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if

the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled],

the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]