BIOS Setup Information
PEB-2131VG2A User’s Manual
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IDE HDD Block Mode
If IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
IDE DMA transfer access
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
On-Chip Primary/ Secondary PCI IDE
The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select
Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this
interface.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields allow 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 choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33/66/100 implementation is possible only if IDE hard drive supports
and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a
third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and system software both
support Ultra DMA/33/66/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
The choice: Auto, Disabled.
On-Chip Serial ATA
[Disabled]: Disabled SATA Controller. [Auto]: Auto arrange by BIOS. [Combined
Mode]: PATA and SATA are combined. Max. of 2 IDE drives in each channel.
[Enhanced Mode]: Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 5 IDE drives are
supported.
[SATA Only]: SATA is operating in legacy mode.
The Choice: Disabled, Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced Mode, SATA Only.
PATA IDE Mode
The choice: Secondary.
