MSI MS-7242 - Manual (Page 43)

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BIOS Setup
If you select [Manual], related information is asked to be entered to the follow-
ing items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This information
should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the
system manufacturer.
[LBA/Large Mode]: Large Mode is for drives that do not support LBA and
have more than 1024 cylinders. Applicable to only a few drives.
W hen set to LBA (Logical Block Addressing) Mode during drive accesses, the
IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and
cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data
transfer rates. LBA Mode is for drives with greater than 1024 cylinders.
[DMA Mode]: This item controls the DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode.
[Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T.]: This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-
Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.
A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This
gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a
safe place before the hard disk becomes offline.
Floppy A
This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed.
Halt On
The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot.
W hen the system stops for the errors preset, it will halt on for 15 seconds and then
automatically resume its operation. Available options are:
[No Errors] The system doesn ’t stop for any detected error.
[All, But Keyboard] The system doesn ’t stop for a keyboard error.
System Information
Press <Enter> to view the hardware specifications of your system.