Acer Altos G701 - Manual (Page 80)

4 BIOS setup 70
Block Mode Enhances disk performance depending on
the hard disk in use.
If you set this parameter to Auto, BIOS
setup automatically detects if the
installed hard disk drive supports the
Block Mode function. If supported, it
allows data transfer in blocks (multiple
sectors) at a rate of 256 bytes per cycle.
If you set this parameter to Disabled, data
transfer from and to the device occurs
one sector at a time.
Auto
Disabled
PIO Mode When set to Auto, BIOS setup
automatically detects if the installed hard
disk supports the function. If supported,
it allows for faster data recovery and
read/write timing that reduces hard disk
activity time. This results in better hard
disk performance. Mode 0 to 4 provide
successive increase of performance.
Auto
0
1
2
3
4
DMA Mode Selects DMA (Direct Memory Access)
mode. Options include:
Auto: Auto detected
SWDMAn: SingleWordDMAn
MWDMAn: MultiWordDMAn
UDMAn: UltraDMAn
Auto
SWDMAn
MWDMAn
UDMAn
S.M.A.R.T Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T (Self-
Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology) function of the internal hard
disk.
If 'Auto' is selected, BIOS setup will
enable the S.M.A.R.T function if the
driver supports it.
Auto
Disabled
Enabled
32-bit Data
Transfer Enables or disables the 32-bit data
transfer function
Disabled
Enabled
ARMD
Emulation
Type
Selects the ARMD (ATAPI Removable
Media Device) emulation type Auto
Floppy
Hard Disk
Parameter Description Option
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