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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

2.3.4

SATA 1–6

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of Serial ATA

devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Select a device item

then press to display the SATA device information.

Select Screen

Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main

SATA 1

Device : Hard Disk

Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0

Size : 80.0GB

LBA Mode : Supported

Block Mode : 16Sectors

PIO Mode : 4

Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2

Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5

SMART Monitoring: Supported

Type

[Auto]

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)M [Auto]

PIO Mode

[Auto]

DMA Mode

[Auto]

SMART Monitoring

[Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer

[Enabled]

Select the type of

device connected to

the system.

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device,

Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and

SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable. These items show

N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.

Type [Auto]

Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the

appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specifically configuring a

CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is

either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.

Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]

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]

Allows you to select the data transfer mode.

Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

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