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>  
  <P
>   <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>IDE Tool</TT
> displays one interface
   <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>tab</SPAN
> for each IDE device on your system, as
   seen in .

    
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>Figure 1. IDE Tool Main Window</A
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>    To view the settings for a particular IDE device, select the
    corresponding <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>tab</SPAN
>. 
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>IDE Device Names</B
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>    
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>     IDE devices are generally identified as
     <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>hda</B
></TT
>(master on the primary IDE controller),
     <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>hdb</B
></TT
>(slave on the primary IDE 
     controller), <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>hdc</B
></TT
>(master on the second IDE
     controller), and <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>hdd</B
></TT
>(slave on the second IDE
     controller). (There may be more, following the same naming
     convention, on computers with more than two IDE controllers,
     although this is uncommon.)
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>    For each device, the following information is displayed:
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>&#13;     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Model</B
> 
       This is the device model.  It typically reveals the
       manufacturer and model number of the device. Devices other than
       hard drives are typically labelled as such (eg. &#8220;TOSHIBA
       DVD-ROM SD-M1212&#8221; or &#8220;HP CD-Writer+ 7100&#8221;).
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Firmware</B
> 
       This is the version number of the firmware on the device.  Most
       people will not need to know which firmware version they are
       running. 
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Serial No.</B
> 
       This is the serial number of the device.  This may be useful
       for warranty purposes or for technical support.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Geometry</B
> 
       (Only for hard drives.) This displays the number of cylinders,
       heads, and sectors on the device.      
      </P
>
     </LI
>

    

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Cache</B
> 
       This is the amount of cache on the device.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Status</B
> 
       This shows the power mode status, which can be
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>unknown</B
></TT
>, <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Active/Idle</B
></TT
>,
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>standby</B
></TT
>, or <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>sleeping</B
></TT
>.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>DMA Mode</B
> 
       This shows whether DMA is <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Enabled</B
></TT
> or
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Disabled</B
></TT
>.    
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>IO Mode</B
> 
       This shows whether your I/O mode is set to
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>16-bit</B
></TT
> or <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>32-bit</B
></TT
>.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>IRQ Unmask</B
> 
       This shows whether the drive is allowed to unmask other
       interrupts.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Multisector</B
> 
       This shows whether the drive is allowed to send data from
       multiple sectors per interrupt.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

     <LI
>      <P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>On Reset</B
> 
       This shows whether the drive preserves some settings
       (<TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>DMA Mode</B
></TT
>,
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Multisector</B
></TT
>, and <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>IRQ
       Unmask</B
></TT
>) when the drive is soft-reset.
      </P
>
     </LI
>

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