Supermicro Supero X8DA6, User Manual

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Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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PIO Mode Select Options
Option Selected PIO Mode Max. Transfer Rate
0 PIO Mode 0 3.3 MB/s
1 PIO Mode 1 5.2 MB/s
2 PIO Mode 2 8.3 MB/s
3 PIO Mode 3 11.1 MB/s
4 PIO Mode 4 16.6 MB/s
DMA Mode
Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the
IDE disk drive support cannot be determined. The options are
Auto , SWDMAn,
MWDMAn, and UDMAn. See the table below for DMA Mode Select Options.
DMA Mode Select Options
Option Selected DMA Mode Max. Transfer Rate
SWDMA 0 Single-Word DMA 0 2.1 MB/s
SWDMA1 Single-Word DMA 1 4.2 MB/s
SWDMA 2 Single-Word DMA 2 8.3MB/s
MWDMA 0 Multi-Word DMA 0 4.2 MB/s
MWDMA1 Multi-Word DMA 1 13.3 MB/s
MWDMA 2 Multi-Word DMA 2 16.6 MB/s
UDMA 0 Ultra DMA 0 16.6 MB/s
UDMA 1 Ultra DMA 1 25 MB/s
UDMA 2 Ultra DMA 2 33.3 MB/s
UDMA 3 Ultra DMA 3 44.4 MB/s
UDMA 4 Ultra DMA 4 66.6 MB/s
UDMA5 Ultra DMA 5 100 MB/s
UDMA 6 Ultra DMA 6 133 MB/s
S.M.A.R.T. For Hard disk drives
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) can help predict
impending drive failures. Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically de-
tect hard disk drive support. Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from using
the S.M.A.R.T. Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S.M.A.R.T. to
support hard drive disk. The options are Disabled, Enabled, and
Auto
.
32Bit Data Transfer
Select Enable to enable 32-bit IDE data transfer support. The options are En-
abled and Disabled.
IDE Detect Timeout (sec)
Use this feature to set the timeout value for BIOS to detect the ATA, ATAPI devices
installed in the system. The options are 0 (sec), 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and
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