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Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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DMA Mode
Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically detect IDE DMA mode when the
IDE disk drive support cannot be determined. Select SingleWordDMA0 to allow
the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 0. It has a data transfer rate of 2.1
MBs. Select SingleWordDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode
1. It has a data transfer rate of 4.2 MBs. Select SingleWordDMA2 to allow the
BIOS to use Single Word DMA mode 2. It has a data transfer rate of 8.3 MBs.
Select MultiWordDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0. It
has a data transfer rate of 4.2 MBs. Select MultiWordDMA1 to allow the BIOS
to use Multi Word DMA mode 1. It has a data transfer rate of 13.3 MBs. Select
MultiWordDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2. It has a data
transfer rate of 16.6 MBs. Select UltraDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA
mode 0. It has a data transfer rate of 16.6 MBs. It has the same transfer rate
as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2. Select UltraDMA1 to allow the
BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1. It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs. Select
UltraDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2. It has a data transfer
rate of 33.3 MBs. Select UltraDMA3 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode
3. It has a data transfer rate of 66.6 MBs. Select UltraDMA4 to allow the BIOS
to use Ultra DMA mode 4 . It has a data transfer rate of 100 MBs. The options
are Auto , SingleWordDMAn, MultiWordDMAn, and UltraDMAn.
S.M.A.R.T.
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 .
32-Bit Data Transfer
Select Enabled to enable 32-Bit data transfer. The options are Disabled and
Enabled .
Hard Disk Write Protect
Select Enabled to use the feature of Hard Disk Write Protect to prevent data from
being written to HDD. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
Use this feature to set the time-out value for the BIOS to detect the ATA, ATAPI
devices installed in the system. The options are 0 (sec), 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and
35 .