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Chapter 4: BIOS
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Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave
This menu is available for each confi guration of IDE Master/Slave device in the
system. IDE onfi gurations include Primary, Secondary, Third and Fourth. Some of
the following menu options are not available for some of the IDE confi gurations.
Type
This setting allows you to set the type of device connected to the system.
Options include Not Installed, Auto , CD/DVD or ARMD.
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk
drive. The options are Disabled and Auto .
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data
transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block
mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt.
Select "Disabled" to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device
one sector at a time. Select "Auto" to allows the data transfer from and to the
device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it. The options
are Auto and Disabled.
PIO Mode
PIO (Programmable I/O) mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive
and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the cycle
time decreases.
The options are Auto , 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto
detect the PIO mode. Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be
determined. Select 0 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 0, which has a data
transfer rate of 3.3 MBs. Select 1 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 1, which has
a data transfer rate of 5.2 MBs. Select 2 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 2,
which has a data transfer rate of 8.3 MBs. Select 3 to allow BIOS to use PIO
mode 3, which has a data transfer rate of 11.1 MBs. Select 4 to allow BIOS
to use PIO mode 4, which has a data transfer rate of 16.6 MBs. This setting
generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999. For other
disk drives, such as IDE CD-ROM drives, check the specifi cations of the drive.