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4.3.4 Primary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave
The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a
separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press
<Enter> to display the IDE device information.
Main
Primary IDE Master
Device
: Not Detected
Type
LBA/Large Mode
Block(Multi-sector Transfer)M [ Auto]
PIO Mode
DMA Mode
SMART Monitoring
32Bit Data Transfer
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The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items
(Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra
DMA, and SMART monitoring). These values are not user‑configurable.
These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
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 specifically
configuring a CD‑ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media De-
vice) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.
Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
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 for-
matted with LBA mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto]
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. Con-
figuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
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[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
Select the type of
device connected to
the system.
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Option
F1
General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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