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IEI Integration PICOe-945GSE User Manual

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PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card

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Device: Lists the device type (e.g. hard disk, CD-ROM etc.)

Type: Indicates the type of devices a user can manually select

Vendor: Lists the device manufacturer

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 auto 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