
3.12 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
Selecting “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” on the main program
screen displays this menu:
Integrated Peripherals Screen
IDE HDD Block Mode: The Default setting is “Enabled”. This fea-
ture enhances hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers
instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except very early
design, have the Block Mode transfer feature.
IDE Primary Master PIO, IDE Primary Slave PIO, IDE Second-
ary Master PIO, IDE Secondary Slave PIO: There are six options
“Auto”, “Mode 0”, “Mode 1”, “Mode 2”, “Mode 3” and “Mode 4”.
The default setting is “Auto”. When set to “Auto” the BIOS will auto-
matically set the mode to match the transfer rate of hard disk. If the
system won’t boot up when set to “Auto”, set it manually to the lower
mode, e.g, from Mode 3 to Mode 2. All IDE drives should work with
PIO mode 0.
IDE Primary Master UDMA, IDE Primary Slave UDMA, IDE
Secondary Master UDMA, IDE Secondary Slave UDMA: The
options are “Auto” (default) and “Disabled”. When set to “Auto” the
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(Shift) F2: Color
PU/PD/+/-:Modify
ESC: Quit
F1: Help
F5: Old Values
F7: Load Setup Defaults
:Select Item
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JF2M)
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
: Enabled
: 378 / IRQ7
: Normal
: Disable
: Enabled
: Auto
: Auto
IDE HDD Block Mode
Onboard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode
USB Keyboard Support
Onboard FDD Controller
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
: Auto
: Auto
: Auto
: Auto
IDE Primary Master PIO
IDE Primary Slave PIO
IDE Secondary Master PIO
IDE Secondary Slave PIO
IDE Primary Master UDMA
: Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA
: Auto
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
: Enabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
: Enabled
IDE Secondary Master UDMA
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA
: Auto
: Auto
UART Mode Select
: Normal
Power On Function
: Button Only
Init Display First
: AGP