ASUS P5Q WS Manual Do Utilizador

ASUS P5Q WS

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While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of Serial ATA 

devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Select a device item 

then press <Enter> to display the 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 

N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.

Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting 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]

Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting 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 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 set to [Disabled], the data transfer 

from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. 

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Allows you to select the data transfer mode. 

Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]