Specifications

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Disabled
BIOS is prevented from using Multi-Sector Transfer on the
specified channel. The data to and from the device occurs one
sector at a time.
Î
Auto D
EFAULT
BIOS auto detects Multi-Sector Transfer support on the drive
on the specified channel. If supported the data transfer to and
from the device occurs multiple sectors at a time.
Î PIO Mode [Auto]
Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing cycles between the IDE
drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the cycle time decreases.
Î
Auto D
EFAULT
BIOS auto detects the PIO mode. Use this value if the IDE disk drive
support cannot be determined.
Î
0
PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 3.3MBps
Î
1
PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5.2MBps
Î
2
PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8.3MBps
Î
3
PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11.1MBps
Î
4
PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16.6MBps
(This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured
after 1999. For other disk drives, such as IDE CD-ROM drives, check
the specifications of the drive.)
Î DMA Mode [Auto]
Use the DMA Mode BIOS selection to adjust the DMA mode options.
Î
Auto D
EFAULT
BIOS auto detects the DMA mode. Use this value if the IDE disk
drive support cannot be determined.
Î
SWDMA0
Single Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data
transfer rate of 2.1MBps
Î
SWDMA1
Single Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data
transfer rate of 4.2MBps
Î
SWDMA2
Single Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data
transfer rate of 8.3MBps
Î
MWDMA0
Multi Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer
rate of 4.2MBps
Î
MWDMA1
Multi Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer
rate of 13.3MBps
Î
MWDMA2
Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer
rate of 16.6MBps
Î
UDMA1
Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate
of 16.6MBps
Î
UDMA1
Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate
of 25MBps
Î
UDMA2
Ultra DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate