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| 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. |
| Number of Cylinders | Informational Only. | |
| Number of Heads | Informational Only. | |
| Number of Sectors | Informational Only. | |
| 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. |