MSI K9AG NEO2-DIGITAL User Guide - Page 42

Important, BIOS Setup, Device/Vendor/Size, LBA/Large Mode, DMA Mode, Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T., Floppy - mainboard hd

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BIOS Setup Dev i c e/ Ve n do r / Si z e These 3 items show the information about the specified item. Read-only. LBA/Large M ode This item allows you to enable or disable the LBA (Logical Block Address, the logical block size in hard disk) mode. DM A M ode This item allows you to enable or disable the DMA (Direct Memory Access) 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 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard. Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of the floppy drives installed. Available options: [Disabled], [360 KB, 51/4"], [1.2 MB, 51/4"], [720 KB, 3 1/2"], [1.44 MB, 3 1/2"], [2.88 MB, 3 1/2"]. 3-7

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BIOS Setup
Device/Vendor/Size
These 3 items show the information about the specified item. Read-only.
LBA/Large Mode
This item allows you to enable or disable the LBA (Logical Block Address, the
logical block size in hard disk) mode.
DMA Mode
This item allows you to enable or disable the DMA (Direct Memory Access) 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
are appearing when you
connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard.
Floppy A
This item allows you to set the type of the floppy drives installed. Available options:
[Disabled], [360 KB, 5
1/4
], [1.2 MB, 5
1/4
], [720 KB, 3
1/2
], [1.44 MB, 3
1/2
], [2.88 MB, 3
1/2
].