User manual ABIT VL6

[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2. 1. User's Manual 3-18 Chapter 3 PCI#2 Access #1 Retry: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. When you set the PCI#2 Access#1 to Enabled, the AGP bus will attempt to access the PCI bus at a limited time period before being disconnected. When you set it to Disabled, the AGP bus will try to access the PCI bus until it successfully accesses the PCI bus. AGP Master 1 WS Write: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. When you set it to Disabled, twowait states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability. By default, two-wait states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability. Because this motherboard had built-in the Audio CODEC, so we set this item to Auto. If you want to use the other sound card with this motherboard, you have to disable this item. As this motherboard can use the modem riser card, you need to set it to "Enabled" in order to auto detect the device. If you want to use the other internal modem card with this motherboard, you have to disable this item. Memory Parity/ECC Check: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. This item can allow BIOS to check memory is parity/ECC module or not. VL6 Introduction of the BIOS 3-19 3-5. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-6A. Integrated Peripherals Menu Lower Screen Onboard IDE-1 Controller: The onboard IDE 1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled. Master 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. 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. 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 66 MB/sec. User's Manual 3-20 Auto: Chapter 3 When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) Disabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to Disable this item. Slave Drive Ultra DMA: Auto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) Disabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to Disable this item. Onboard IDE-2 Controller: The onboard IDE-2 controller can be set at Enabled or Disabled. Master Drive PIO Mode: Auto: The BIOS can auto-detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate. [. . . ] 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 customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. [. . . ]