Asus RS163-E4 RX4 User Guide - Page 90

5.3.4 P rimary IDE Master/Slave The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press to display the IDE device information. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device Vendor LBA Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA : ATAPI CDROM : TSSTcorpDVD-ROM TS-L332A : Supported : 4 : MultiWord DMA-2 : Ultra DMA-2 Select the type of device connected to the system. Type PIO Mode DMA Mode [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] →← Select Screen ↑↓ Select Item +- Change Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V00.00 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and S.M.A.R.T. monitoring). These values are not user-configurable. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. Type [Auto] Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type. Select [CD/DVD] if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CD/DVD] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] 5-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup