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5 Integrated Peripherals

„ Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

OnChip IDE Device

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, ormultiple sector read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select

Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

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IDE DMA Transfer Access

This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE transfer access.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

On-chip Primary PCI IDE

This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDE Channel.

The Choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 will increase performance progressively. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, and Mode4.

On-chip Secondary PCI IDE

This item allows you to enable or disable the primary/ secondary IDE Channel.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE Primary/Secondary/Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

On-Chip Serial ATA Setting

This item allows you to choose:

Disabled: disabled SATA Controller

Combined Mode: PATA and SATA are combined max of 2 IDE drivers in each channel.

Enhanced Mode: enabled both SATA and PATA max of 6 IDE drivers are supported.

SATA Only: SATA is operating in legacy mode.

The Choices: Default (default), Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced

Mode, and SATA only.

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ONBOARD DEVICE

PCI Express Root Port Func,

PCI Express Port 1/ 2/3/4

This item allows you to select the PCI Express Port.

The Choices: Auto (default), Enabled, Disabled.

PCI-E Compliancy Mode

This item allows you to select the PCI-E Compliancy Mode.

The Choices: v1.0a (default), v1.0.

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USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller

and you have USB peripherals.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled

USB 2.0 Controller

This entry is to enabled/ disabled EHCI controller only. This BIOS itself may/ may

not have high speed USB support. If the BIOS has high speed USB support built in,

the support will automatically turn on, when high speed device were attached.

The Choices: Enabled (default).

USB Keyboard Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Legacy Support.

Enabled (default)

Disabled

Enable USB Keyboard Support.

Disable USB Keyboard Support.

USB Mouse Support

This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy Support.

Enabled

Disabled (default)

Enable USB Mouse Support.

Disable USB Mouse Support.

AC97 Audio

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

Onboard RAID <ITE8211>

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard RAID BIOS

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Onboard 1394

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard LAN

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Boot ROM.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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Super IO Device

If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “ Super IO Device ” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select

Disabled in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled .

Onboard Serial Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

The Choices: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto.

Onboard IR Function

The choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

The Choices: Normal, AS KIR, IrDA (default).

UR2 Duplex Mode

Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time.

The Choices: Half (default), Full.

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Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O

Address.

The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.

The Choices:

SPP (default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.

EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port.

Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.

Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

ECP

ECP+EPP

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.

The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

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