User guide

Chapter 7: BIOS
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Multi-Sector Transfers
This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used
in multi-sector transfer. The options are Disabled, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors and 16
Sectors.
LBA Mode Control
This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0
Master Device via the LBA mode. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
32 Bit I/O
This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32-bit data transfer.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Transfer Mode
This option allows the user to set the transfer mode. The options are Standard, Fast
PIO1, Fast PIO2, Fast PIO3, Fast PIO4, FPIO3/DMA1 and FPIO4/DMA2.
Ultra DMA Mode
This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode. The options are Disabled,
Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4 and Mode 5.
Serial ATA
This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Serial ATA. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Native Mode Operation
Select the native mode for ATA. The options are Parallel ATA, Serial ATA, Both
and Auto.
SATA Controller Mode
Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected
and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS. Select Enhanced to allow the SATA
and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native
IDE Mode. (Note: The Enhanced mode is supported by Windows 2000 OS or
later versions.)
When the SATA Controller Mode is set to "Enhanced", the following items will
display:
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable
Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions. (For a Windows OS environ-
ment, use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled. If this item is set to