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Chapter 2: BIOS Setup

2.3.6.

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 wish to

configure the item.

IDE Configuration
Parallel ATA IDE Controller

[Both]

Hard Disk Write Protect

[Disabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[35]

Parallel ATA IDE Controller [Both]

Disables or allows selection of the IDE controller. Sets to Primary to enable the primary

IDE controller only. Sets to Secondary to enable the secondary IDE controller only.

Sets to Both to enable both the primary and secondary IDE controllers. Configuration

options: [Disabled] [Primary] [Secondary] [Both]

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

Disables or enables the devices write protection. This will be effective only when

the device is accessed through BIOS. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

IDE Detect Time Out [35]

Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1]

[SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2]

[UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration

options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]