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ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed operating
system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] mode if you are using native OS, e.g.
Windows
®
Server 2000/2003. Set to [Compatible] mode if you are using legacy OS,
e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-DOS.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]
The
Configure SATA As and Fourth IDE Master/Slave items appear only when
you set the
ATA/IDE Configuration to [Enhanced] mode.
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.
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].
5.3.5
IDE Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE
devices installed in the system. Select an item then press
configure the item.
IDE Configuration
ATA/IDE Configuration
[Enhanced]
Configure SATA As
[IDE]
Hard Disk Write Protect
[Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
[35]
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host]
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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Options
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