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Symetrix AXIOMTEK 10.4 Touch Panel PC User Manual

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GOT-5100TL User’s Manual

Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility

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IDE Function Setup

Scroll to this item and press to view the sub menu IDE
Function Setup.

Master/Slave Drive PIO Mode

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you
set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that
the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 provide
successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the
system automatically determines the best mode for each
device.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive. Ultra DMA-
33/66/100/133 implementation is possible only if your IDE
hard drive supports it and the operating environment
includes a DMA driver. If the hard drive and system software
both support Ultra DMA-33/66/100/133, select Auto to enable
UDMA mode by BIOS.

IDE DMA transfer access

Automatic data transfer between system memory and
IDE device with minimum CPU intervention. This
improves data throughput and frees CPU to perform
other tasks.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands,
or multiple sectors read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports