EarthWalk eBuddy Series 3 User Manual - Integrated Peripherals

Integrated peripherals

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eBuddy User Manual

Integrated peripherals

The integrated peripherals panel is shown in Figure 5-7.

IDE HDD Block Mode

This item allows you to set your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode 

to transfer data to and from your HDD. The options for this setting are Enabled 

(IDE controller uses block mode) or Disabled (IDE controller uses standard 

mode).

IDE Primary Master PIO

IDE Primary Slave PIO

IDE Secondary Master PIO

IDE Secondary Slave PIO

IDE hard disk drive controllers can support up to two separate hard disk drives. 

These drives have a master/slave relationship determined by the cabling con-

figuration attaching them to the controller. Your system supports two IDE con-

trollers — a primary and a secondary controller — so you can install up to four 

separate hard disk drives.

PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than have the BIOS issue a 

series of commands to transfer data 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 

Figure 5-7. Integrated peripherals panel

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