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IDE Primary / Secondary, Master / Slave PIO, The Choices:Auto, Master / Slave UDMA, The Choices: - drivers

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P4M80-M7 BIOS Manual 5.1.5 IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provides successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The Choices:Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4. 5.1.6 IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled. 5.1.7 IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode, select "Enabled" for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/ writes per sector the drive can support. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. 23

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5.1.5
IDE Primary / Secondary
Master / Slave PIO
The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for
each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4
provides
successively
increased performance.
In
Auto
mode,
the
system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.
The Choices:Auto
(default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4.
5.1.6
IDE Primary / Secondary
Master / Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard
drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver
(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and
your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS
support.
The Choices: Auto
(default), Disabled.
5.1.7
IDE HDD Block Mode
If your IDE hard drive supports block mode, select “Enabled” for automatic
detection of the optimal number of block read/ writes per sector the drive can
support.
The Choices: Enabled
(default), Disabled.