User`s guide

7-4 NovaScale R422 Installation and User's Guide

Type

This option allows the user to selects the type of IDE hard drive. The option Auto will allow

the BIOS to automatically conﬁ gure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection.

Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type. Select User to allow

the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed. Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is

installed. Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed.

Multi-Sector Transfers

This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi-

sector transfer. The options are Disabled, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors, and 16 Sectors.

LBA Mode Control

This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master

Device via the LBA mode. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

32 Bit I/O

This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32-bit data transfer. The

options are Enabled and Disabled.

Transfer Mode

This option allows the user to set the transfer mode. The options are Standard, Fast PIO1,

Fast PIO2, Fast PIO3, Fast PIO4, FPIO3/DMA1 and FPIO4/DMA2.

Ultra DMA Mode

This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode. The options are Disabled, Mode 0,

Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4, and Mode 5.

Serial ATA

This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA. The options are

Disabled and Enabled.

Native Mode Operation

Select the native mode for ATA. The options are: Serial ATA and Auto.

SATA Controller Mode

Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically-detected and

be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS. Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA

drives to be to be automatically-detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode. Note:

Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version.

When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced, the following items will display:

Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable

Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions. (For the Windows OS

environment, use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled. When this item is

set to Enabled, the item: "ICH RAID Code Base" will be available for you to select

Intel or Adaptec Host RAID ﬁ rmware to be activated. If this item is set to Disabled,

the item-SATA AHCI Enable will be available.) The options are Enabled and