4-12 System BIOS and Utilities
LBA Mode Control
This option specifies the IDE translation mode. LBA
causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of
Cylinders/Heads/Sectors. You can enable or disable
(default) this option. This option cannot be changed
when “Auto” is selected.
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CAUTION
Do not change the translation mode setting from the
option selected when the hard drive was formatted.
Changing the option after formatting could result in
corrupted data!
Transfer Mode
This option specifies the method for transferring data
between the hard drive and system memory. This option
cannot be changed when “Auto” is selected. The options
include:
Standard (default)
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4
FPIO 3 and Bus Mastering
FPIO 4 and Bus Mastering.