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BIOS Setup, Hard Disk Write Protect, IDE Detect Time Out Sec, ATAPI 80Pin Cable Detection

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BIOS Setup [Type] Press PgUp/ or PgDn/ to select [Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to define your own drive type manually. [LBA/Large Mode] Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Ad- dressing to be used in place of Cylinders, Heads and Sectors [Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)] Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block [PIO Mode] Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/ Output) [DMA Mode] Indicates the type of Ultra DMA [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 sta tus 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. [32 Bit Data Transfer] Enables 32-bit communication between CPU and IDE device Hard Disk Write Protect This option allows users to write protect boot sector on hard disk to protect against viruses. IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) This setting allows you to set the time out value for the BIOS to delay the initialization of IDE devices. ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection This BIOS feature allows you to control whether both IDE controller and IDE device should be allowed to detect the type of IDE cable used. 3-9

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BIOS Setup
[Type]
Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select
[Manual], [None] or [Auto] type. Note that the
specifications of your drive must match with
the drive table. The hard disk will not work
properly if you enter improper information for
this category. If your hard disk drive type is
not matched or listed, you can use [Manual] to
define your own drive type manually.
[LBA/Large Mode]
Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Ad-
dressing to be used in place of Cylinders,
Heads and Sectors
[Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)]
Any selection except Disabled determines
the number of sectors transferred per block
[PIO Mode]
Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/
Output)
[DMA Mode]
Indicates the type of Ultra DMA
[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 sta
tus 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.
[32 Bit Data Transfer]
Enables 32-bit communication between
CPU and IDE device
Hard Disk Write Protect
This option allows users to write protect boot sector on hard disk to protect
against viruses.
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
This setting allows you to set the time out value for the BIOS to delay the
initialization of IDE devices.
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection
This BIOS feature allows you to control whether both IDE controller and IDE
device should be allowed to detect the type of IDE cable used.