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IDE Channel Settings
The following table explains IDE channel settings and what they mean:
Values
Meaning
Enabled Enables the use of the first (primary) IDE channel.
Onchip IDE
Channel 0
Disabled
This will disable the use of the first (primary) IDE channel.
Enabled Enables the use of the secondary IDE channel.
Onchip IDE
Channel 1
Disabled
This will disable the use of the secondary IDE channel.
Auto
The BIOS will assign a PIO mode to this device automatically
when appropriate
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
xxx PIO
Mode 4
Select a PIO Mode here. PIO mode 0 is slowest, PIO mode 4 is
fastest, check your HDD to see what PIO mode it supports.If
your IDE device supports UDMA mode, then it best to enable
that mode since it is considerably faster than PIO mode. (Set to
auto for auto-detection)
Auto
The BIOS will automatically use Ultra DMA Mode if the IDE
device supports it.
xxx - UDMA
Disabled
This will disable the use of Ultra DMA for this device.
Enabled Block mode allows faster transfer of data between the system
and the HDD. Most modern HDDs support it.
IDE HDD
Block Mode
Disabled
Block Mode is not used.
Display Initialization
Values
Meaning
PCI Slot The BIOS will first search for a VGA adapter on the PCI bus, if
one is found it will be used as primary display.
Inie Display
First
AGP
The AGP Bus is first scanned.
Floppy Drive
Values
Meaning
