945PL-M7 BIOS Manual
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IDE DMA Transfer Access
This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access.
The Choices: Enabled
(default), Disabled.
On-chip Primary PCI IDE
This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDE Channel.
The Choices: Enabled
(Default), Disabled.
IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave PIO
The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each
of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase
performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device.
The Choices: Auto
(default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, and
Mode4.
On-chip Secondary PCI IDE
This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDE Channel.
The Choices: Enabled
(Default), Disabled.
IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard
drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver
(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and
your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS
support.
The Choices: Auto
(default), Disabled.
On-Chip Serial ATA Setting
This item allows you to choose:
Disabled:
disabled SATA Controller
Combined Mode:
PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers
in each channel.
Enhanced Mode:
enabled both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers
are supported.
SATA Only:
SATA is operating in legacy mode.
The Choices: Default
(default), Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced
Mode, and SATA only.
