3.7.2 IDE Prefetch Mode
Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses. If you are getting disk
drive errors, change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur. Depending on the
configuration of your IDE subsystem, this field may not appear, and it does appear when the Internal
PCI/IDE filed, above, is Disabled.
3.7.3 IDE HDD Block Mode
This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multi-sector data transfers and eliminates the
interrupt handling time for each sector.
3.7.4 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave PIO
These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of four IDE devices. When under "Auto" mode,
the system automatically set the best mode for each device
3.7.5 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
When set to "Auto" mode, the system will detect if the hard drive supports Ultra DMA mode.
3.7.6 Init Display First
Select AGP or PCI Slot for system to detect first when boot-up.
3.7.7 Onboard FDC Controller
Select "Enabled" to activate the on-board FDC
Select "Disabled" to activate an add-on FDC
3.7.8 Onboard UART Port 1 & 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first/second serial port. The default value for the
first serial port is "3F8/IRQ4" and the second serial port is "2F8/IRQ3".
3.7.9 UART2 Mode
Select to activate the Infrared transfer function.
3.7.10 Onboard Parallel Port
Select address and interrupt for the Parallel port.
3.7.11 Parallel Port Mode
Select an operating mode for the parallel port. Mode options are SPP, EPP1.7, ECPEPP1.7, EPP1.9, ECP,
and ECPEPP1.9.
3.7.12 ECP Mode Use DMA
Select a DMA channel if parallel port is set as "ECP", "ECPEPP1.7" or "ECPEPP1.9"
3.7.13 OnChip USB
If your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB peripheral, select Enabled.
The next option will become available.
3.7.14 USB Keyboard Support
This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS.
3.8 Load BIOS Defaults
This loads the standard BIOS default values. To select, highlight it and press the <Enter> key. Then
press the <Y> and <Enter> keys to confirm. Otherwise, press the < N> key to cancel.
3.9 Load Setup Defaults
This feature loads the setup default values from BIOS default table. To select, highlight it and press
the <Enter> key. Then press the <Y> and <Enter> keys to confirm. Otherwise, press the <N> key to
cancel.