AWARD BIOS SETUP
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On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE :
The integrated peripheral controller contains an
IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel
separately.
Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO:
The four 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. The
settings are “Auto”, “Mode 0”, “Mode 1”, “Mode 2”, “Mode 3”, “Mode 4”.
Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UMDA:
Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible
only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA
driver (Windows 98 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and
your system software both support Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
The settings are “Auto” and “Disabled”.
USB Controller:
Select "Enabled " if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB)
controller and you have USB peripherals.
USB Keyboard Support:
Select "Enabled " if your system contains a Universal Serial
Bus(USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.
Init Display First:
This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot of VGA card
or AGP first. The settings are “PCI Slot” and “AGP Slot”.
IDE HDD Block Mode:
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or
multiple sector read/write. If your 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.
POWER ON Function:
This item allows you to select the item to power on the system.
The default setting is “Button Only”.
Onboard FDC Controller:
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC)
installed on the system and you wish to use it . If you install an add-in FDC or the system
has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. This option allows you to select the
onboard FDD port.
