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first and/or second IDE interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate
an interface if you are going to install a primary and/or
secondary add-in IDE interface.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
IDE Prefetch Mode
The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for
faster drive access. If the interface does not support
prefetching. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE
interface, set this option to “Disabled”.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave PIO
The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output)
fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices
that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will
increased performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.
The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3,
Mode4.
Primary / Secondary /Master / Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is
supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your
operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95
OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive
and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select
Auto to enable BIOS support.
The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is otherwise known as block transfer, multiple
commands, or multiple sector read/write. Select the “Enabled”
option if your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new
drives do). The system will automatically determine the optimal
number of blocks to read and write per sector.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.