MSI 5500 Master Series, User Manual

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BIOS Setup
Configure SATA ass
This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard SATA drive. Setting
options: [IDE], [AHCI], [RAID].
Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth/Fifth/Sixth IDE Master/Slave
[Type] Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select
[Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the
specifications of your drive must match with
the drive table. The hard disk will not work
properly if you enter improper information for
this category. If your hard disk drive type is
not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to
define your own drive type manually.
[LBA/Large Mode] Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Ad-
dressing to be used in place of Cylinders,
Heads and Sectors
[Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)] Any selection except Disabled determines
the number of sectors transferred per block
[PIO Mode] Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/
Output)
[DMA Mode] Indicates the type of Ultra DMA
[S.M.A.R.T.] This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T.
(Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting
Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.
M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk sta
tus to predict hard disk failure. This gives you
an opportunity to move data from a hard disk
that is going to fail to a safe place before the
hard disk becomes offline.
[32 Bit Data Transfer] Enables 32-bit communication between
CPU and IDE device
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