MSI DKA790GX User Guide - Page 44

BIOS Setup, Device / Vender / Size, LBA/Large Mode, DMA Mode, Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T., Floppy Drive

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BIOS Setup Device / Vender / Size It will showing the device information that you connected to the SATA connector. LBA/Large M ode 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. DM A M ode 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 1/2/3/4/5 Channel & E-SATA1 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA/ ESATA connector on the mainboard. Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. 3-7

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BIOS Setup
Device / Vender / Size
It will showing 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.
Floppy Drive A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed.
Important
IDE Primary Master/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4/5 Channel & E-SATA1
are
appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA/ ESATA
connector on the mainboard.