BIOS Setup Information
ROBO-8716VG2A User’s Manual
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IDE DMA transfer access
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
OnChip 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 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 choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, and Mode 4.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33/66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95
OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your 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 6 IDE drives are
Supported
SATA Only
SATA is operating in legacy mode
IDE HDD Block Mode
If your 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.
