Intel iEi Motherboard A300 - Manual (Page 100)

A300 Motherboard
method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not.
Block Mode: Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the
amount of data transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per
interrupt if block mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB
per interrupt.
PIO Mode: Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device.
Async DMA: Indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is
supported.
Ultra DMA: Indicates the highest Synchronous DMA Mode that is supported.
S.M.A.R.T.: Indicates whether or not the Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology protocol is supported.
Type [Auto]
The Type BIOS option determines the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot
from after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) has completed.
Not Installed Selecting this value prevents the BIOS from searching
for an IDE disk drive on the specified channel.
Auto (Default) This selection enables the BIOS to auto detect the
IDE disk drive type attached to the specified channel.
This setting should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is
attached to the specified channel.
CD/DVD The CD/DVD option specifies that an IDE CD-ROM
drive is attached to the specified IDE channel. The
BIOS does not attempt to search for other types of
IDE disk drives on the specified channel.
ARMD This option specifies an ATAPI Removable Media
Device. These include, but are not limited to:
ZIP
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