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BIOS Setup
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BIOS Setup
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Primary/Secondary/Fourth 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 dsk wll not work properly f you enter mproper nfor-
maton for ths category. If your hard dsk drve type s not matched or
listed, you can use [Manual] to define your own drive type manually.
[LBA/Large Mode] Enablng LBA causes Logcal Block Addressng to be used n place of
Cylnders, Heads and Sectors
[Block(Mult-Sector
Transfer)]
Any selecton except Dsabled determnes the number of sectors trans-
ferred per block
[PIO Mode] Indcates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/Output)
[DMA Mode] Indcates the type of Ultra DMA
[S.M.A.R.T.] Ths allows you to actvate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Montorng Analyss &
Reportng Technology) capablty for the hard dsks. S.M.A.R.T s a utl-
ty that montors your dsk status to predct hard dsk falure. Ths gves
you an opportunty to move data from a hard dsk that s gong to fal to
a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline.
[32 Bt Data Transfer] Enables 32-bt communcaton between CPU and IDE controller
Super IO Configuration
Serial Port 1 Address, Serial Port 2 Address
Select an address and a correspondng nterrupt for the seral port 1/2.
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