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Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Submenus
To access these submenus, select Advanced on the menu bar, then IDE Configuration, and then the
master or slave to be configured.
Maintenance Main
Advanced
Security Power Boot Exit
PCI Configuration
Boot Configuration
Peripheral Configuration
IDE Configuration
Primary IDE Master
Primary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Slave
Diskette Configuration
Event Log Configuration
Video Configuration
There are four IDE submenus: primary master, primary slave, secondary master, and secondary
slave. Table 19 shows the format of the IDE submenus. For brevity, only one example is shown.
Table 19. Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Submenus
Feature Options Description
Drive Installed None Displays the type of drive installed.
Type • None
• User
• Auto (default)
• CD-ROM
• ATAPI Removable
• Other ATAPI
• IDE Removable
Specifies the IDE configuration mode for IDE devices.
User allows capabilities to be changed.
Auto fills-in capabilities from ATA/ATAPI device.
Maximum Capacity None Displays the capacity of the drive.
LBA Mode Control • Disabled
• Enabled (default)
Enables or disables LBA mode control.
Multi-Sector Transfers • Disabled
• 2 Sectors
• 4 Sectors
• 8 Sectors
• 16 Sectors (default)
Specifies number of sectors per block for transfers from
the hard disk drive to memory.
Check the hard disk drive’s specifications for optimum
setting.
PIO Mode
(Note)
• Auto (default)
• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
Specifies the PIO mode.
Note: These configuration options appear only if an IDE device is installed.
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