AWARD BIOS SETUP
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IDE Prefetch Mode :
The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for
faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set
this field to
Disabled
if the interface does not support prefetching. The settings are
“Enabled” and “Disabled”.
Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO :
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output)
fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE
interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In
Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The
settings are “Auto”, “Mode 0”, “Mode 1”, “Mode 2”, “Mode 3”, “Mode 4”.
Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UMDA :
Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible
only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA
driver (Windows 98 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and
your system software both support Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
The settings are “Auto” and “Disabled”.
Init Display First :
This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot of VGA card
or AGP first. The settings are “PCI Slot” and “AGP Slot”.
IDE HDD Block Mode :
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or
multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives
do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per
sector the drive can support. The settings are “Enabled” and “Disabled”.
Onboard FDD Controller :
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller
(FDC) installed on the system board and you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or
the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The settings are “Enabled”
and “Disabled”.
Onboard Serial Port 1 / Port 2 :
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the
first and second serial ports. The settings are “3F8/IRQ4”, “2E8/IRQ3”, “3E8/IRQ4”,
“2F8/IRQ3”, “Disabled”, “Auto”.
UART 2 Mode :
This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2.
The settings are “Standard”, “HPSIR”, “ASKIR”.
