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2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup
2.3.6 IDE Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the congurations for
the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter>
if you wish to congure the item.
IDE Conguration
Parallel ATA IDE Controller [Both]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Parallel ATA IDE Controller [Both]
Disables or allows selection of the IDE controller. Sets to Primary to enable the
primary IDE controller only. Sets to Secondary to enable the secondary IDE
controller only. Sets to Both to enable both the primary and secondary IDE
controllers. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Primary] [Secondary] [Both]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
Disables or enables the devices write protection. This will be effective
only when the device is accessed through BIOS. Conguration options:
[Disabled] [Enabled]
IDE Detect Time Out [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.
Conguration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0]
[SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0]
[UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]