Asus P5KPL/EPU - Manual (Page 48)

2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS information
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) M [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]
PIO Mode [Auto]
Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.4 IDE Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices
installed in the system. Select an item then press if you want to configure the item.
ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Allows you to set the ATA/IDE configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible]
[Enhanced]
[Disabled] - Disables the integrated SATA and PATA controller.
[Compatible] - Sets all SATA devices to operate in PATA mode. This allows a maximum
of four (4) ATA devices to be used simultaneously: two PATA devices and two SATA
devices.
[Enhanced] - Sets all SATA devices to operate in SATA mode.
Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]
Set Serial ATA, Parallel ATA or both as native mode. [S-ATA] [S-ATA+P-ATA] [P-ATA].
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.
Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]