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The options and screens for Primary IDE Master, Primary IDE Slave, Secondary IDE Master and Secondary IDE Slave are identical.
| Menu Item | Options | Description |
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| Type | Auto User CD-ROM None |
Auto - BIOS detects type and properties of the primary IDE drive. User - allows the user to provide the BIOS with the specific properties of the primary IDE drive. Usually only used if the BIOS fails to correctly detect the drive. CD-ROM - Instructs the BIOS to recognize the CD-ROM drive as the Primary IDE drive. None - used only when there are no IDE drives installed. |
| Cylinders | When drive is user-defined, number of cylinders can be manually input. For all other drive types this field will display the number of cylinders detected. | |
| Heads | When drive is user-defined, number of heads can be manually input. For all other drive types this field will display the number of heads detected. | |
| Sectors | When drive is user-defined, number of sectors can be manually input. For all other drive types this field will display the number of sectors detected. | |
| Maximum Capacity | Informational only. | The system will calculate the maximum capacity of the drive based on cylinder, head and sector information listed above. |
| Total Sectors | Informational only. | |
| Maximum Capacity | Informational only. | The system will calculate the maximum capacity of the drive based on cylinder, head and sector information listed above. |
| Multi-sector Transfers | 16 Sectors/Block 8 Sectors/Block 4 Sectors/Block 2 Sectors/Block Disabled |
Sets IDE programmed I/O cycles so that multiple sectors are transferred with a single interrupt. |
| LBA Mode Control | Enabled Disabled |
Allows user to enable or disable Logical Block Addressing Mode Control. |
| 32-bit I/O | Enabled Disabled |
Allows user to enable or disable 32-bit I/O Control. |
| Transfer Mode | Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 |
Allows the user to select what data transfer mode the system uses. |