Specifications
ASUS P5M2 Series
4-15
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 specically conguring a
CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is
either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.
Conguration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]
LB A/L arg e M ode [A uto ]
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. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Bl ock (M ult i-s ect or Tra nsf er) [A uto ]
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. Conguration options:
[Disabled] [Auto]
PI O M ode [A uto ]
Selects the PIO mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DM A Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto]
SM ART Monitor ing [A uto ]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Conguration
options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32 Bit Da ta Tra nsf er [En abl ed]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]