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ECM-CX700
68 ECM-CX700 Series User’s Manual
Item Options Description
OnChip SATA
Enabled
Disabled
The chipset contains a SATA IDE interface with
support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to
activate the primary IDE interface (Channel0).
Select Disabled to deactivate this interface.
SATA Mode
IDE
RAID
AHCI Setup the onboard SATA Mode.
IDE DMA Transfer Access
Enabled
Disabled
This BIOS feature allows you to enable or
disable DMA (Direct Memory Access) support
for all IDE devices
OnChip IDE Channel10/11
Enabled
Disabled
The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with
support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to
activate the primary / secondary IDE interface
(Channel 10/11). Select Disabled to deactivate
this interface.
IDE Prefetch Mode
Enabled
Disabled
For faster drive accesses. If you install a
primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface,
set this field to Disabled if the interface does not
support prefetching.
Primary Master PIO
Primary Slave PIO
Secondary Master PIO
Secondary Slave PIO
Auto
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4
The IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields
let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four
IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
supports.
Modes 0 through 4 provide
successively increased performance. In Auto
mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device.
Primary Master UDMA
Primary Slave UDMA
Secondary Master UDMA
Secondary Slave UDMA
Auto
Disabled
Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if
your IDE hard drive supports it and the
operating environment includes a DMA driver
(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus
master driver). If the hard drive and the system
software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to
enable BIOS support.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Enabled
Disabled
Block mode is also called block transfer,
multiple
commands, or multiple sector
read/write. If the IDE hard drive supports block
mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for
automatic detection of the optimal number of
block read/writes per sector the drive can
support.