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BIOS Setup

Primary/Secondary IDE Channel

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.

Select [Enabled] to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select [Disabled]

to deactivate an interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE

interface.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching, for faster drive

accesses. When you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface,

set this option to [Disabled] if the interface does not support prefetching.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4)

for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes

0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In [Auto] mode, the

system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The settings

are: [Auto], [Mode 0], [Mode 1], [Mode 2], [Mode 3], [Mode 4].

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive

supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows ME,

XP or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system

software both support Ultra DMA/33, Ultra DMA/66, Ultra DMA/100 and Ultra

DMA/133, select [Auto] to enable BIOS support. Settings: [Auto], [Disabled].

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector

read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do),

select [Enabled] for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/

write per sector the drive can support. Setting options: [Disabled], [Enabled].

VIA OnChip PCI Device

Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears.

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