User`s manual

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BIOS
Primary IDE Master
Each channel features the following settings:
Setting Description
Type
Sets the type of the IDE device connected to the
system, or leaves it on BIOS auto-detection.
` Available options are: Not Installed, Auto
(default), CD/DVD, and ARMD, which means
“ATAPI removable media device”, a type of
computing storage.
LBA/Large Mode
Enables/disables LBA (logical block address)
mode.
` Select Disabled to disable LBA mode.
` Select Auto to enable LBA mode if supported
by the device and the device isn’t formatted
with LBA mode disabled.
` Auto is the default.
Block (Multi-
Sector Transfer)
Sets whether the data transfer from/to the device
occurs one sector or multiple sector at a time.
` Select Disabled to transfer data from/to the
device one sector at a time.
` Select Auto to transfer data from/to the
device multiple sectors at a time if supported
by the device.
` Auto is the default.
PIO Mode
Sets PIO (Programmed I/O) mode for the IDE
drive, or leaves it on BIOS auto-conguration
` Available options are Auto (default), 0, 1, 2,
3, and 4.
` Select Auto to let the BIOS auto-detect the
IDE drive’s maximum PIO mode supported.
DMA Mode
Congure the DMA (Direct Memory Address)
feature, or leaves it on BIOS auto-detection
` Auto is the only available option.
S.M.A.R.T.
Enables/disables S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring
Analysis and Reporting Technology), or leaves it on
BIOS auto-detection.
` S.M.A.R.T. is a utility to monitor the disk status
to predict hard disk failure
` Available options are Auto (default), Disabled
and Enabled.
32Bit Data
Transfer
Enables/diables 32-bit to maximize the IDE hard
disk data transfer rate.
` Disabled is the default.
Primary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE
Master
Secondary IDE
Slave