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Standard CMOS Features
Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave/SATA port/E-SATA
Parameter Description Option
System Date Set the date following the weekday-month-day-year format.
System Time Set the system time following the hour-minute-second format.
Primary Master/Slave
& Serial-ATA 1~6
channel & E-SATA 1/2
Press Enter to view detailed device information connected to the IDE/SATA/E-SATA connectors.
Halt On Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. All, But KB
No Errors
All Errors
Parameter Description Option
Type Selects the type of device connected to the system. Auto
Not Installed
CD/DVD
ARMD
LBA/Large Mode Selects the hard disk drive translation method. For drivers with more than 504
MB, LBA mode is necessary.
Auto
Disabled
Block Mode When set to Auto, the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple
sectors at a time if the device supports it.
When set to Disable, the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector
at a time.
Auto
Disabled
PIO Mode Set the PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for the IDE/SATA/E-SATA drive. Auto
0, 1, 2, 3, 4
DMA Mode Select a DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfer mode to enhance hard disk
performance.
Auto
SWDMAn
MWDMAn
UDMAn
S.M.A.R.T. (Hard Disk
S.M.A.R.T)
Enables or disables the Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
(S.M.A.R.T.) capability of the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T. is a utility that monitors the
hard disk’s condition.
Auto
Enabled
Disabled
32Bit Data Transfer Enables or disables the 32-bit data transfer mode. Enabled
Disabled