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Integrated Peripherals
These options display items that define the operation of peripheral comopnents
on the system's input/output ports.
On-Chip IDE Device
Options are in its sub-menu.
Press<Enter> to enter the sub-menu of details options.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or mul-
tiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode
(most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
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The choice: Enabled, or Disabled
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
The integrated peripherals controller contains an IDE interface with
support to two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel
separately.
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The choice: Enabled, or Disabled
IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO
The two IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO
mode (0-4) for each of the two IDE devices that the onboard IDE inter-
face supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased
performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device.
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The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, or Mode 4.
