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SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration
options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled]

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

IDE Configuration

Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit

Language

[English]

Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]
Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

2.3.6 IDE Configuration

The items in this menu allows you to change the settings for the IDE devices installed
in the system. Select an item then press Enter if you wish to configure the item.

Language [English]

This field allows you to choose the BIOS language version from the available
options.

Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Compatible Mode]

Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the operating system
(OS) that you installed. Set to Compatible Mode if you are using legacy OS
including MS-DOS, Windows

®

98/NT4.0/ME. Set to Enhanced Mode if you are

using native OS, such as Windows

®

2000/XP.

Configuration options: [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode]

Refer to the section “Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations” on page
1-22 for the appropriate settings of the IDE Configuration items under different
operating systems.

Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]

The default setting S-ATA allows you to use native OS on Serial ATA and
Parallel ATA ports. We recommend that you do not change the default setting
for better OS compatibility. In this setting, you may use legacy OS on the
Parallel ATA ports only if you did not install any Serial ATA device.