Sony ECM-3711 - Manual (Page 66)

ECM-3711 Series
66 ECM-3711 Series User’s Manual
Item Options Description
SATA Controller
Enabled
Disabled
The chipset contains a SATA IDE interface with
support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to
activate the primary IDE interface (Channel0).
Select Disabled to deactivate this interface.
SATA Mode
IDE
RAID
Setup the onboard SATA Mode.
IDE DMA transfer access
Enabled
Disabled
This feature allows you to enable or disable
DMA support for all IDE devices.
OnChip IDE Channel10/11
Enabled
Disabled
The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with
support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to
activate the primary / secondary IDE interface
(Channel 10/11). Select Disabled to deactivate
this interface.
IDE Prefetch Mode
Enabled
Disabled
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.
IDE Primary Master PIO
IDE Primary Slave PIO
IDE Secondary Master PIO
IDE Secondary Slave PIO
Auto
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4
The 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.
IDE Primary Master UDMA
IDE Primary Slave UDMA
IDE Secondary Master UDMA
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA
Auto
Disabled
Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if
your IDE hard drive supports it and the
operating environment includes a DMA driver
(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus
master driver). If the hard drive and the system
software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to
enable BIOS support.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Enabled
Disabled
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.