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▶ IDE Primary Master/ Slave & SATA1~6 Press to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears. MS-7623 Chapter 3 ▶ Device / Vendor / Size It will show the device information that you connected to the SATA connector. ▶ LBA/Large Mode This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to Auto enables LBA mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA mode disabled. ▶ DMA Mode Select DMA Mode. ▶ Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. Important IDE Primary Master/ Slave, SATA 1~6 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA/ E-SATA connectors on the mainboard. ▶ Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. ▶ Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot. When the system stops for the errors preset, it will halt on for 15 seconds and then automatically resume its operation. Available options are: [All Errors] The system stops when any error is detected. [No Errors] The system doesn't stop for any detected error. 3-7

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MS-7623
Chapter 3
IDE Primary Master/ Slave & SATA1~6
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears.
Device / Vendor / Size
It will show the device information that you connected to the SATA connector.
LBA/Large Mode
This allows you to enable or disable the LBA Mode. Setting to Auto enables LBA
mode if the device supports it and the devices is not already formatted with LBA
mode disabled.
DMA Mode
Select DMA Mode.
Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.
This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting
Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your
disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data
from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes
offline.
Important
IDE Primary Master/ Slave, SATA 1~6 are appearing when you connect the HD devices
to the IDE/ SATA/ E-SATA connectors on the mainboard.
Floppy Drive A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed.
Halt On
The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot.
When the system stops for the errors preset, it will halt on for 15 seconds and then
automatically resume its operation. Available options are:
[All Errors]
The system stops when any error is detected.
[No Errors]
The system doesn’t stop for any detected error.
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