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Chapter 2: BIOS information
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to
[Auto]
enables the LBA mode if the device
supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to
[Auto]
, the data transfer from
and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer
feature. When set to
[Disabled]
, the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector
at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.4
SATA Configuration
The
SATA Configuration
menu allows you to configure your SATA device(s). Select an item
then press
<Enter>
to display the sub-menu.
OnChip S-ATA Channel [Enabled]
Allows you to disable or enable the OnChip S-ATA devices.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
The following item appears only when the
OnChip S-ATA Channel
item is set to
[Enabled]
.
OnChip SATA Type [SATA]
Allows you to
select the SATA Mode. Configuration options: [SATA] [RAID] [AHCI]
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