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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO - sata driver

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BIOS Setup IDE DMA Transfer Support This item is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of the IDE Hard Drive. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripherals controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Choose Enabled to activate each channel separately. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The settings are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4. Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes 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/33, Ultra DMA/ 66 and Ultra DMA/100 select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings are: Auto, Disabled. **On-Chip Serial ATA Setting** On-Chip Serial ATA This setting is used to specify the SATA controller. Settings: Disable, Auto, Legacy Mode, Native Mode. If [Legacy Mode] is selected, PATA and SATA will be combined. If [Native Mode] is selected, PATA and SATA will both be enabled. If [Auto] is selected, PATA and SATA will be arranged by BIOS, and you will be able to see the IDE Device status listed in Standard COMS Features. 3-17

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BIOS Setup
IDE DMA Transfer Support
This item is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of the
IDE Hard Drive.
The settings are:
Enabled, Disabled
.
On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE
The integrated peripherals controller contains an IDE interface with
support for two IDE channels.
Choose
Enabled
to activate each channel
separately.
Setting options:
Disabled, Enabled
.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO
mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for
each device. The settings are:
Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3,
Mode 4
.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes 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/33, Ultra DMA/
66 and Ultra DMA/100 select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings
are:
Auto, Disabled
.
**On-Chip Serial ATA Setting**
On-Chip Serial ATA
This setting is used to specify the SATA controller.
Settings:
Disable,
Auto, Legacy Mode, Native Mode
.
If [
Legacy Mode
] is selected, PATA
and SATA will be combined.
If [
Native Mode
] is selected, PATA and
SATA will both be enabled.
If [
Auto
] is selected, PATA and SATA will
be arranged by BIOS, and you will be able to see the IDE Device status
listed in
Standard COMS Features
.