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H8QM3-2/H8QMi-2 User’s Manual
Serial ATA Devices
This setting is used to determine if SATA drives will be used and how many. Op-
tions are Disabled, Device 0, Device 0/1 and
Device 0/1/2
.
nVidia RAID Function
This setting is used to Enable or
Disable
the nVidia ROM. If Enabled, the setting
below will appear.
Primary IDE Master/Slave
Highlight one of the items above and press <Enter> to access the submenu for
that item.
Type
Select the type of device connected to the system. The options are Not Installed,
Auto
, CDROM and 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.
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 AMI
BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode. Use this value if the IDE disk drive support
cannot be determined. Select 0 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 0. It has a
data transfer rate of 3.3 MBs. Select 1 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1.
It has a data transfer rate of 5.2 MBs. Select 2 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO
mode 2. It has a data transfer rate of 8.3 MBs. Select 3 to allow AMI BIOS to
use PIO mode 3. It has a data transfer rate of 11.1 MBs. Select 4 to allow AMI
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