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IEI Integration PCIE-G41A2 User Manual

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PCIE-G41A2 PICMG 1.3 CPU card

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Size: List the storage capacity of the device.

LBA Mode: Indicates whether the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method

of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not.

Block Mode: Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the

amount of data transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per

interrupt if block mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB

per interrupt.

PIO Mode: Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device.

Async DMA: Indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is

supported.

Ultra DMA: Indicates the highest Synchronous DMA Mode that is supported.

S.M.A.R.T.: Indicates whether or not the Self-Monitoring Analysis and

Reporting Technology protocol is supported.

32Bit Data Transfer: Enables 32-bit data transfer.

Type [Auto]

Use the Type BIOS option select the type of device the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from

after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) is complete.

Not Installed

BIOS is prevented from searching for an IDE disk

drive on the specified channel.

Auto D

EFAULT

The BIOS automatically detects the IDE disk drive

type attached to the specified channel. This setting

should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to

the specified channel.

CD/DVD

The CD/DVD option specifies that an IDE CD-ROM

drive is attached to the specified IDE channel. The

BIOS does not attempt to search for other types of

IDE disk drives on the specified channel.

ARMD

This option specifies an ATAPI Removable Media

Device. These include, but are not limited to:

ZIP

LS-120