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Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Submenu9.4.8.1
Feature Options Description
Device Hard Disk
ATAPI CDROM
Displays the type of drive detected. The ‘grayed-out’ items below are the IDE disk drive parameters taken from the rmware of the IDE
disk
Vendor no option Manufacturer of the device.
Size no option Total size of the device.
LBA Mode supported
not supported
Shows whether the device supports Logical Block Addressing.
Block Mode number of sectors Block mode boosts IDE performance by increasing the amount of data transferred. Only 512 byte of data can be transferred per
interrupt if block mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 kB per interrupt.
PIO Mode 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 IDE PIO mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the
cycle time decreases.
Async DMA no option This indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is supported.
Ultra DMA no option This indicates the highest Synchronous DMA Mode that is supported.
S.M.A.R.T no option Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol used by IDE drives of some manufacturers to predict drive failures.
Type Not Installed
Auto
CD/DVD
ARMD
Sets the type of device that the BIOS attempts to boot from after the POST has completed.
Not Installed prevents the BIOS from searching for an IDE disk.
Auto allows the BIOS to auto detect the IDE disk drive type.
CD/DVD species that an IDE CD/DVD drive is attached. The BIOS will not attempt to search for other types of IDE disk drives.
ARMD species an ATAPI Removable Media Device. This includes, but is not limited to ZIP and LS-120.
LBA/Large
Mode
Disabled
Auto
Set to AUTO to let the BIOS auto detect LBA mode control.
Set to Disabled to prevent the BIOS from using LBA mode.
Block
(Multi-Sector
Transfer)
Disabled
Auto
Set to AUTO to let the BIOS auto detect device support for multi sector transfer. The data transfer to and from the device will occur
multiple (the number of sectors, see above) sectors at a time.
Set to Disabled to prevent the BIOS from using block mode. The data transfer to and from the device will occur one sector at a time.
PIO Mode Auto
0, 1, 2, 3, 4
Set to AUTO to let the BIOS auto detect the supported PIO mode.
DMA Mode Auto
Disabled
SWDMA 1, 2
MWDMA0, 1, 2
UDMA0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Set to AUTO to let the BIOS auto detect the supported DMA mode.
SWDMA = Single Word DMA
MWDMA = Multi Word DMA
UDMA = Ultra DMA
S.M.A.R.T Auto
Disabled
Enabled
Set to AUTO to let the BIOS auto detect hard disk drive support.
Set to Disabled to prevent the BIOS from using SMART feature.
Set to Enabled to allow the BIOS to use SMART feature on supported hard disk drives.
32Bit Data
Transfer
Disabled
Enabled
Enable/Disable 32-bit data transfers on supported hard disk drives.
ARMD
Emulation Type
Auto
Floppy
Hard disk drive
ARMD is a device that uses removable media, such as the LS120, MO (Magneto-optical), or Iomega Zip drives. If you want to boot
from media on ARMD, it is required that you emulate boot up from a oppy or hard disk drive. This is essentially necessary when
trying to boot to DOS. You can select the type of emulation used if you are booting such a device.