MVP3
SYSTEM BOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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OnChip IDE Second Channel
This chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.
Select Enabled to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to
deactivate this interface, if you install a first and/or second add-in IDE interface
IDE interface.
Enabled
Second HDD controller used
Disabled
Second HDD controller not used.
IDE Prefetch Mode
Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses. If
you are getting disk drive errors, change the setting to omit the drive interface
where the errors occur. Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem,
this field may not appear, and it does not appear when the Internal PCI/IDE field,
above, is Disabled.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode
This item allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer
data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD). Select Enabled only if your hard
drives support block mode.
Enabled
IDE controller uses block mode.
Disabled
IDE controller uses standard
mode.
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.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33 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, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
The Choice: Auto, Disabled
