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EP-GXB-M Award BIOS Setup
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Integrated Peripherals
Choose the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to
display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the various inte-
grated controllers, ports, and devices onboard the mainboard.
Figure 8: Integrated Peripherals
Note: If you do not use the onboard IDE connectors, then you will need to set
Onboard Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled.
The onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45 cm.).
IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of
sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled.
• Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates.
• Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode.
IDE Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto.
• Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD
Accessing mode.
• Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.