Supero SUPER P3TDL3, User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS
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Primary IDE Master
When entering "Setup", BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE de-
vices. This displays the auto detection status of the IDE devices. You can
also manually configure the IDE drives by providing the following informa-
tion:
This option allows the user to configure the IDE devices. When the desired
item is highlighted (selected), press "Enter" and the following items will be
displayed:
T y p e
This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from
after AMIBIOS POST is completed. The settings include Not installed, Auto,
CDROM and ARMD. The "Auto" setting allows BIOS to automatically detect
the presence of the IDE controller.
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk
drive. In LBA mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB. The settings
are Disabled and Auto. Select "Disabled" to disable LBA mode. Select
"Auto" to enable LBA mode if your device supports it and is not already
formatted with the LBA mode.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Mode
This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option. The settings
include Disabled and Auto. Disabled: This option prevents the BIOS from
using Multi-Sector Transfer on the specified channel. The data to and from
the device will occur one sector at a time. Auto: This option allows the
BIOS to auto detect device support for Multi-Sector Transfers on the speci-
fied channel. If supported, this option allows the BIOS to auto detect the
number of sectors per block for transfer from the hard disk drive to memory.
The data transfer to and from the device will occur multiple sectors at a
time (if the device supports it).
PIO Mode
IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode programs timing cycles between the IDE
drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the
cycle time decreases. The settings are: Auto, 1, 2, 3 and 4.