MSI K9N2GM User Guide - Page 41

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BIOS Setup IDE Primary/ Secondary M aster/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 It will showing the device informations that you connected to the IDE/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 off-line. Important IDE Primary Master/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard. Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options: [None], [360 KB], [1.2 MB], [720 KB], [1.44 MB], [2.88 MB]. 3-7

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BIOS Setup
IDE Primary/ Secondary Master/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6
It will showing the device informations that you connected to the IDE/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 off-line.
Important
IDE Primary Master/ Slave, SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6
are appearing when you
connect the HD devices to the IDE/ SATA connector on the mainboard.
Floppy Drive A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options:
[None], [360 KB], [1.2 MB], [720 KB], [1.44 MB], [2.88 MB].