User manual
BIOS Setup
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that when this field is configured automatically, the value set may not always be
the fastest value for the drive. Refer to the documentation that came with your
hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually.
Î Note: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to [User].
Configuration options: [Disabled] [2 Sectors] [4 Sectors] [8 Sectors] [16
Sectors].
LBA Mode Control [Enabled]
Select the hard disk drive type in this field. When Logical Block Addressing is
enabled, 28-bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders,
heads, or sectors. Note that Logical Block Access may decrease the access
speed of the hard disk. However, LBA Mode is necessary for drives with greater
than 504MB in storage capacity. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled].
32 Bit I/O [Disabled]
This field setting enables or disables the 32 Bit IDE data transfers. Configuration
options: [Disabled] [Enabled].
PIO Mode
This option lets you set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for the IDE
device. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
Configuration options: [Standard] [Fast PIO 1] [Fast PIO 2] [Fast PIO 3] [Fast
PIO 4] [FPIO 3 / DMA 1] [FPIO 4 / DMA 2].
Other options for Type are:
[CD-ROM] – for IDE CD-ROM drives
After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub-menu, press the
<Esc> key to exit back to the Main menu. When the Main menu appears, you
will notice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you
just configured.
SMART Monitoring
This field informs about the enabling of the S.M.A.R.T. (Slef-Monitoring,
Analysis and Reporting Technology) system which utilizes internal hard disk
drive monitoring technology. This field is read only.
Installed Memory [XXX MB]
This field displays the amount of extended memory detected by the system
during bootup. You do not need to make changes to this field. This is a display
only field.