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BIOS
25
auto
detection
of
your
IDE
drives
during
boot
up.
This
will
allow
you
to
change
your
hard
drives
(with
the
power
off)
and
then
power
on
without
having
to
reconfigure
your
hard
drive
type.
If
you
use
older
hard
disk
drives,
which
do
not
support
this
feature,
then
you
must
configure
the
hard
disk
drive
in
the
standard
method
as
described
above
by
the
<USER>
option.
PIO
MODE
PIO
means
Programmed
Input/Output.
Rather
than
have
the
BIOS
issue
a
series
of
commands
to
affect
a
transfer
to
or
from
the
disk
drive,
PIO
allows
the
BIOS
to
tell
the
controller
what
it
wants
and
then
let
the
controller
and
the
CPU
perform
the
complete
task
by
them.
This
is
simpler
and
more
efficient
(and
faster).
Your
system
supports
five
modes,
numbered
from
0
to
4,
which
primarily
differ
in
timing.
When
Auto
is
selected,
the
BIOS
will
select
the
best
available
mode.
BLOCK
(Multi
‐
Sector
Transfer)
This
option
allows
your
hard
disk
controller
to
use
the
fast
block
mode
to
transfer
data
to
and
from
your
hard
disk
drive
(HDD).
S.M.A.R.T
This
field
is
used
to
activate
the
S.M.A.R.T
(System
Management
and
Reporting
Technologies)
function
for
S.M.A.R.T
HDD
drives.
This
function
requires
an
application
that
can
give
S.M.A.R.T
message.
32
Bit
Data
Transfer
This
option
sets
the
32
‐
bit
data
transfer
option.
The
Optimal
and
Fail
‐
Safe
default
setting
is
e
nabled
.
4
2
4
PATA/SATA
IDE
Controller
This
item
specifies
the
ATA/IDE
channels
used
by
the
onboard
PATA/SATA
IDE
controller.
Available
Options:
SATA,
IDE,
Disabled,
and
Both
Default
setting:
Both
