Acer Aspire T180 Aspire E380/T180 - Power M8 Service Guide - Page 43

Parameter Primary Master/Slave PIO Secondary Master/Slave UDMA IDE DMA transfer access Serial-ATA Controller IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Description Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. These four items let you assign the kind of PIO(Programmed Input/ Output) was used by the IDE devices. Choose Auto to let the system auto detect which PIO mode is best, or select a PIO mode from 0-4 Auto Each IDE channel supports a master device and slave device. This motherboard supports UltraDMA technology, which provides faster access to IDE devices. If you install a device that supports UltraDMA, change the appropriate item on this list to Auto. You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this motherboard in order to use an UltraDMA device. Auto This item allows users to enable the transfer Enabled access of the IDE DMA then burst onto the PCI Disabled bus and nonburstable transactions do not. This item allows you to enable or disable the onboard SATA controller. All enabled The onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If you install a primary and secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. Enabled Disabled Enables this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support and improves the speed of access to IDE devices. Enabled Disabled Options RAID Configuration Phoenix-Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Configuration RAID Enable x SATA 1 Primary RAID x SATA 1 Secondary RAID x SATA 2 Primary RAID x SATA 2 Secondary RAID [Disabled] Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level ff mnlk : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1: General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults Chapter 2 36