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ASUS RS120-E5/S

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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 if you want to

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

Disabled

Compatible

Enhanced