MSI P35 NEO COMBO-F User Guide - Page 41

BIOS Setup, LBA/Large Mode, DMA Mode, Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T., Floppy Drive A, System Information

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BIOS Setup 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 SATA1~6 are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the SATA connector on the mainboard. Due to the IDE1 & SATA7 is controlled by Marvell 88SE6111, the BIOS will not detect the IDE1 & SATA7 and will not show the status. Floppy Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. Available options: [Disabled], [360K], [1.2M], [720K], [1.44M], [2.88M]. System Information Press to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears. This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your system (read only). 3-7

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BIOS Setup
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. Available options:
[Disabled], [360K], [1.2M], [720K], [1.44M], [2.88M].
Important
SATA1~6
are appearing when you connect the HD devices to the SATA con-
nector on the mainboard.
Due to the IDE1 & SATA7 is controlled by Marvell
88SE6111, the BIOS will
not detect the IDE1 & SATA7 and will not show the status.
This sub-menu shows the CPU information, BIOS version and memory status of your
system (read only).
System Information
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu, and the following screen appears.