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DMA Mode 0 The fastest data transfer rate reaches
4.16Mbyte/sec
DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches
13.3Mbyte/sec
DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches
16.6Mbyte/sec
Usually, PIO mode means that the hard disk data are accessed by
the CPU through the chipset and placed into memory, and the
chipset is using PIO mode to access hard disk data.
MASTER mode means that hard disk data are accessed by the
chipset, and that the chipset places the data into memory. The
chipset is using DMA or PIO mode to access data stored in the hard
disk drive. The Master mode can reduce the CPU load, especially
in a Multi-task environment. This can help system performance.
Installing a hard disk:
In the
Standard CMOS Setup Menu
,
Primary means the first connector on the mainboard,
that is, connector IDE1 on our mainboard.
Secondary means the second connector on the
mainboard, that is, connector IDE2 on our mainboard.
Two HDDs can be connected to the each connector:
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The first HDD is referred to as Master,
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The second HDD is referred to as Slave.
The Master or Slave status of the hard disk drive is set on
the hard disk itself. Refer to the hard disk drive manual.
Installing one HDD
:
The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.
Be sure that your hard disk drive is set at Master. Actually,
most hard disk drives are set at Master as a default, so you
