ASUS M4N68T-M Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 2: BIOS information

Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting this item to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the 

device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode 

disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When this item is set to [Auto], the data 

transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-

sector transfer feature. When this item is set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the 

device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto]

Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. 

Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE/SATA devices. 

There is a separate submenu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device item then press 

<Enter> to display the IDE/SATA device information.

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, 

LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These 

values are not user-configurable. These items show Not Detected if no IDE/SATA device is 

installed in the system.

Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting this item to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the 

appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM 

drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, 

or MO drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]

This item only appears in the Primary IDE Master/Slave menus.