Instruction Manual

4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.3.3 SATA 1/2

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA

devices. There is a separate submenu for each SATA device. Select a device item

then press <Enter> to display the SATA device information.

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device,

Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and

SMART monitoring). These values are not user-congurable. These items show

N/A if no SATA device is installed in the system.

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting this item to [Auto] enables the LBA

mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously

formatted with LBA mode disabled. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]

Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When this item is set to [Auto],

the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the

device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When this item is set to [Disabled],

the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

PIO Mode [Auto]

Selects the PIO mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto]

Disabled: Disables

LBA Mode.

Auto: Enables LBA

Mode if the device

supports it and the

device is not already

formatted with LBA

Mode disabled.

Select Screen

Select Item

+- Change Option

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

SATA 1

Device : Not Detected

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

Block(Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]

PIO Mode [Auto]

DMA Mode [Auto]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]