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H8QC8(+)/H8QCE(+) User's Manual
data transfer rate of 3.3 MBs. Select 1 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 1 for
a data transfer rate of 5.2 MBs. Select 2 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode 2
for a data transfer rate of 8.3 MBs. Select 3 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO mode
3 for a data transfer rate of 11.1 MBs. Select 4 to allow AMI BIOS to use PIO
mode 4 for a data transfer rate of 16.6 MBs. This setting generally works with
all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999. For other disk drives, such as IDE
CD-ROM drives, check the specifi cations of the drive.
DMA Mode
Selects the DMA Mode. Options are SWDMA0, SWDMA1, SWDMA2,
MWDMA0. MDWDMA1, MWDMA2, UDMA0. UDMA1, UDMA2, UDMA3,
UDMA4 and UDMA5. (SWDMA=Single Word DMA, MWDMA=Multi Word DMA,
UDMA=UltraDMA.)
S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) can help predict
impending drive failures. Select "Auto" to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk
drive support. Select "Disabled" to prevent AMI BIOS from using the S.M.A.R.T.
Select "Enabled" to allow AMI BIOS to use the S.M.A.R.T. to support hard drive
disk. The options are Disabled, Enabled, and
Auto
.
32-Bit Data Transfer
Select "Enabled" to activate the function of 32-Bit data transfer. Select "Disabled"
to deactivate the function. The options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
SATA Port 0, SATA Port 1, SATA Port 2, SATA Port 3
Displays the status of all SATA devices (automatically detected by BIOS during
system start up).
Hard Disk Write Protect
Select Enabled to enable the function of Hard Disk Write Protect to prevent data
from being written to HDD. The options are Enabled or
Disabled
.
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
This feature allows the user to set the time-out value for detecting ATA, ATA PI
devices installed in the system. The options are 0 (sec), 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and
35
.
