Acnodes FPC 8084 - Manual (Page 52)

FPC 8084 User s Manual
On-Chip IDE Channel0/Channel1
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with
support for two IDE channels. Select “Enabled to activate each channel
separately.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
IDE Prefetch Mode
The onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive
acc esses. If a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface are installed,
set this field to “Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields sets 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 choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver
(W indows 98 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If the hard drive and
the system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable
BIOS support.
The Choice: Auto, Disabled.
Init Display First
This item is to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.
The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple
sector read/write. If the 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 choice: Enabled, Disabled
Onboard FDD Controller
Select Enabled if the system has a floppy disk controller (FDC)
installed on the system board and the FDC will be used. If the and-in
FDC are installed or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in
this field.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
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