Disable this only if
it interferes with a separate audio card.
HDD S.M.A.R.T.
Capability
Enables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) feature
supported by IDE (parallel ATA) hard disks, that helps predict potential problems
before they happen. Most users don??™t need it, and are probably better off disabling
this feature.
Hit DEL Message
Display
Turns on or off the message on the POST (Power On Self Test) screen that says ???Press
DEL to enter Setup.???
Hyper Path 3 Set to Enabled or Auto to shorten latency time during data transfers.
IDE BusMaster Enables or disables bus mastering for the IDE controller, which helps reduce load on
the processor when data is transferred to and from IDE devices. Disable if you??™re using
older drives that don??™t support bus mastering.
IDE Controller Despite the name, this feature can apply to both IDE (Parallel ATA) and SATA (Serial
ATA) controllers; use this feature to enable or disable said controllers on the motherboard.
You can shorten boot times and free IRQs by disabling controllers you don??™t
need. However, on older IDE/PATA systems, you can marginally improve performance
by enabling all your IDE controllers and then distributing your hard disks and CD
drives so you don??™t ever have two devices sharing the same controller.
IDE Detect Time Out Choose how long your PC waits for IDE devices to respond before giving up.
IDE HDD Block Mode This option should not be used with Windows Vista.
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