| Menu Item |
Options |
Description |
| IDE Device Configuration |
Auto Configured
User Definable
Disabled |
Auto Configured - the BIOS automatically senses and configures any IDE drives in the system.
User Definable - allows user to explicitly configure the IDE drive parameters. |
| Maximum Capacity |
Informative Only |
Capacity value calculated from cylinder, head and sector information above. |
| IDE Translation Mode |
Standard CHS
Logical Block
Extended CHS
Auto Detected |
Selects the translation mode for the IDE hard disk. Standard CHS addressing (cylinder count of 1024 or less), Extended CHS addressing(cylinder count >1024), Logical Block addressing (if supported by disk). "Auto Detect" will select the proper method based on information from the hard disk. |
| Multiple Sector Setting |
Disabled
4 Sectors/Block
8 Sectors/Block
Auto Detected |
Sets IDE programmed I/O cycles so that multiple sectors are transferred with a single interrupt. |
| Fast Programmed I/O Modes |
Disabled
Auto Detected |
When set to "Auto Detected", the BIOS will query an IDE hard disk connected to the PCI IDE bus and use the fastest PIO protocol supported by the hard disk/controller pair. |
