Asus P5QL-E - Manual (Page 79)

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DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode.
Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0]
[MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Configuration [Enhanced]
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the
Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial
ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by
allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
4.3.6 Storage Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the
IDE/SATA devices installed in the system. Select an item then press if you
want to configure the item.
SATA Configuration
SATA Configuraton [Enhanced]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Options
Disabled
Compatible
Enhanced
• If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the
Intel Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA
hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID] .
• If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA
physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE] .
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI] .