Asus M8 - Manual (Page 73)

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5. BIOS Setup
32 Bit I/O:
When enabled, this option speeds up communication between the CPU and the IDE controller. This
option supports PCI local bus only. ISA bus is not supported. NOTE: To make changes to this field,
the Type field must be set to User. The configuration options are: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Transfer Mode:
When enabled, this option speeds up communication between the system and the IDE controller by
using enhanced I/O transfer modes (PIO Modes). NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type
field must be set to User. The configuration options are: [Standard] [Fast PIO 1] [Fast PIO 2] [Fast
PIO 3] [Fast PIO 4]
Ultra DMA Mode:
This field auto detects Ultra DMA capability (for improved transfer speeds and data integrity) for
compatible IDE devices. Set to Disable to suppress Ultra DMA capability. NOTE: To make changes
to this field, the Type field must be set to User. The configuration options are: [Disabled] [Mode 0]
[Mode 1] [Mode 2]
NOTE: After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub-menu, press the [Esc] key
to exit back to the Main menu. When the Main menu appears, you will notice that the drive size
appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured.