User manual ABIT BE7

[. . . ] BE7 Series (BE7-G, BE7-S, BE7-RAID, BE7-B, BE7) Socket 478 System Board User's Manual 4200-0329-02 Rev. 1. 00 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. [. . . ] Master/Slave Drive PIO Mode Six options are available: Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4. The five IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) items let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode (default setting), the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. BE7 Series BIOS Setup 3-15 Master/Slave Drive Ultra DMA Two options are available: Auto and Disabled. 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. Ultra DMA/33 or Ultra DMA/66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows® 95 OSR2 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). Auto: If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA, select Auto to enable BIOS support. Disabled: If you encounter a problem in using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to disable this item. OnChip IDE-2 Controller: The description is same as the OnChip IDE-1 Controller. OnChip PCI Device(s): Press <Enter> key to enter the OnChip PCI Device(s) menu. OnChip USB Controller: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled. This motherboard provides two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, thus supporting USB devices. If you don't want to use USB devices, set it to Disabled, then the item USB Keyboard Support & USB Mouse Support will also be disabled. USB Keyboard Support Via: Two options are available: OS and BIOS. If you want to use USB keyboard in DOS environment, please set it to BIOS. USB Mouse Support Via: Two options are available: OS and BIOS. If you want to use USB mouse in DOS environment, please set it to BIOS. OnChip Audio Controller: This option enables or disables the audio controller. User's Manual 3-16 Chapter 3 Init Display First: Two options are available: PCI Slot and AGP. When you install an additional display card, you can choose either a PCI display card or an AGP display card to activate the display boot-up screen. Onboard PCI Device(s): Press <Enter> key to enter the Onboard PCI Device(s) menu. LAN Controller: This option enables or disables the LAN controller. LAN Boot ROM: This option enables or disables the Boot ROM on LAN controller. ATA133RAID IDE Controller (For BE7-RAID): This item selects the onboard ATA133RAID controller. [. . . ] They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services. Due to the huge number of emails coming in every day and other reasons, such as the time required for problem reproduction, we will not be able to reply to every email. Please understand that we are selling through distribution channels and don't have the resources to serve every end-user. However, we will try to do our best to help every customer. [. . . ]