Samsung SN6000 Series Laptop User Manual


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SamsungSN6000SeriesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup49
Multi-SectorTransfers:Setsthenumberofsectorsperblock
tothehighestnumbersupportedbythedrive.Configuration
optionsareDisabled,2Sectors,4Sectors,8Sectors,and16
Sectors.Thedefaultsettingforthisfielddependsonthetypeof
harddriveinstalledinyourcomputer.Beforeyoucanmake
changestothisfield,theTypefieldmustbesettoUseror
DVD/CD-ROM.
LBAModeControl:Enablesordisables28-bitaddressingof
theharddrive,withoutregardforcylinders,heads,andsectors.
Notethatenablingthisfieldmaydecreasetheaccessspeedof
theharddrive.Thedefaultsettingforthisfielddependsonthe
typeofharddriveinstalledinyourcomputer.Beforeyoucan
makechangestothisfield,theTypefieldmustbesettoUseror
DVD/CD-ROM.
32BitI/O:Enablesordisables32-BitI/O.WhenEnabled
(default),yourharddrivecanworkwithapplicationswith32-
bitinputandoutput.IfthefieldisDisabled,yourcomputer
workswith16-bitinputandoutputandhaslowerperformance.
TransferMode:Selectsthemethodfortransferringdata
betweentheharddriveandsystemmemory.Refertoyour
drive’suserdocumentationtospecifythecorrectoptionfor
thisfield.OptionsareStandard;FastPIO1,FastPIO2,Fast
PIO3,FastPIO4,FPIO3/DMA1andFPIO4/DMA2.
Beforeyoucanmakechangestothisfield,theTypefieldmust
besettoUserorDVD/CD-ROM.
SMARTMonitoring:SMART(self-monitoringanalysisand
reportingtechnology)softwaremonitorstheperformanceof
yourcomputer’sIDEharddrive.WhentheSMARTDevice
Monitoringfieldisenabled,youreceiveawarningmessageif
theSMARTsoftwaredetectsanimpendingdrivefailure.This
fieldisforreferenceonly.
UltraDMAMode:EnablestheharddrivetouseultraDMA
transfermodetotransferdatabetweenthedriveandsystem
memory.OptionsareDisabled,Mode0,Mode1andMode2.
SettheTypefieldtoAutotoselecttheoptimumtransfermode
MemoryCache:Opensasubmenuthatenablesordisablesexternal
cachememory.Cachememoryimprovessystemperformanceby
keepingfrequentlyusedcomputerinstructionsinmemorywithafaster
accesstimethanDRAM.
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