MSI rc410M2 User Guide - Page 48

MS-7173 Mainboard, LBA/Large Mode, Auto], Normal], Large], DMA Mode, Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T., Floppy

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MS-7173 M ainboard LBA/Large M ode The setting specifies the access mode. [ Au to ] The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode. [Nor m al ] Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sec tors supported are 1024, 16, and 63. [Large] For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. Applicable to only a few drives. [LBA] (Logical Block Addressing) During drive accesses, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylin der number into a physical block address, sig nificantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders. DM A Mode This setting specifies 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. Settings: [Auto], [Enabled], [Disabled]. Floppy A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed. System Information The items in this sub-menu show the CPU type, BIOS version and memory status of your system (read only). 3-8

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MS-7173 Mainboard
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LBA/Large Mode
The setting specifies the access mode.
[Auto]
The BIOS automatically determines the optimal
mode.
[Normal]
Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sec
tors supported are 1024, 16, and 63.
[Large]
For drives that do not support LBA and have
more than 1024 cylinders. Applicable to only a
few drives.
[LBA]
(Logical Block Addressing) During drive
accesses, the IDE controller transforms the data
address described by sector, head, and cylin
der number into a physical block address, sig
nificantly improving data transfer rates. For
drives with greater than 1024 cylinders.
DMA Mode
This setting specifies 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. Settings: [Auto], [Enabled], [Disabled].
Floppy A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed.
System Information
The items in this sub-menu show the CPU type, BIOS version and memory status of
your system (read only).