4.7 Integrated Peripherals
The IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard
drives. These drives have a master/slave relationship that is
determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the
controller. Your system supports two IDE controllers – a primary and a
secondary – so you can install up to four separate hard disks.
PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than having the BIOS
issue a series of commands to affect the transfer to or from the disk
drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then
let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by
themselves. This is much simpler and more efficient (also faster).
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Integrated Peripherals
X
X
X
OnChip IDE Device
Onboard Device
SuperIO Device
[Press Enter]
[Press Enter]
[Press Enter]
Item Help
Onboard LAN Control
[Enabled]
↑↓← →: Select Item
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
Esc: Quit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
OnChip IDE Device
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
IDE Primary Master PIO
IDE Primary Slave PIO
[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Auto]
Item Help
IDE Primary Master UDMA
IDE Primary Slave UDMA
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
IDE Secondary Master PIO
IDE Secondary Slave PIO
IDE Secondary Master UDMA
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
IDE HDD Block Mode
[Enabled]
↑↓← →: Select Item
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
Esc: Quit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
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