User manual ABIT NV7-133R

[. . . ] Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] This field does not available to enter when the "Onboard IDE-1 Controller" field is Disabled. " Slave Drive PIO Mode: !Auto: The BIOS can auto-detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate (Default). You can select the PIO mode from 0 to 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate. This field does not available to enter when the "Onboard IDE-1 Controller" field is Disabled. " Master Drive Ultra DMA: Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 100 MB/sec. !Disable: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to set this item to Disabled. !Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) This field does not available to enter when the "Onboard IDE-1 Controller" field is Disabled. " Slave Drive Ultra DMA: !Disable: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to set this item to Disabled. !Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) This field does not available to enter when the "Onboard IDE-1 Controller" field is Disabled. Onboard IDE-2 Controller: The onboard IDE 2 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled. Description is the same as the item "Onboard IDE-1 Controller". The higher the MODE value is, the better the IDE device data transfer rate. However, it does not mean that the highest MODE value can be selected. User's Manual 3-16 Chapter 3 You first have to be sure that your IDE device supports this MODE. The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. When you install more than one display card, you can choose either a PCI display card (PCI Slot) or an AGP display card to display the boot-up screen. If you have only installed one display card, the BIOS will detect which slot (AGP or PCI) you installed it, and everything will be taken care of by the BIOS. This should be enabled if your system has a USB device installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature. If you choose disable this item, the "USB Keyboard Support" and "USB Mouse Support" items will disappear in Integrated Peripherals menu. " USB Keyboard Support: Two options are available: OS ( BIOS. If your operating system supports a USB keyboard, please set it to OS. Only in some situations, such as in a pure DOS environment that does not support a USB keyboard, should you set it to BIOS. " USB Mouse Support: Two options are available: OS ( BIOS. [. . . ] Your ABIT authorized distributor should be able to provide the fastest solution to your technical problem. We sell our products through distributors who sell to resellers and stores. Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could. After all, your reseller regards you as an important User's Manual F-2 Appendix F customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. [. . . ]