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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting

Technology) capability of your hard drive. This features allows your system to

report read/write errors of the hard drive and to issue warnings when a third

party hardware monitor utility is installed. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled]

[Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled]

[Enabled]

OnChip S-ATA Controller [Enabled]

Allows you to disable or set the OnChip S-ATA devices.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

SATA Mode select [SATA Mode]

Allows you to

select the SATA Mode. Configuration options: [SATA Mode] [RAID

Mode] [AHCI Mode]

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if device is

accessed throuh BIOS. Confiuration option: [Disabled] [Enabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [5]

Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

Storage Configuration

OnChip S-ATA Controller

[Enabled]

SATA Mode select

[SATA Mode]

Hard Disk Write Protect

[Disabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[5]

ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection

[Host]

2.3.5

Storage 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.

Options

Disabled

Compatiable

Enhanced