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Ampro Corporation COM 830 User Manual

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Chapter 4

BIOS Setup Description

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Reference Manual

COM 830

Clock Configuration

IDE Configuration Submenu

Feature

Options

Description

Spread Spectrum

Disabled

Enabled

Enable spread spectrum clock modulation to reduce EMI.

Feature

Options

Description

ATA/IDE Configuration

Disabled

Compatible

Enhanced

Configure the integrated parallel and serial ATA
controllers.

Disabled: Both controllers are disabled.

Compatible: Both controllers operate in legacy or
compatible mode.

Enhanced: Both controllers operate in enhanced or
native mode.

Legacy IDE Channels

SATA Only

SATA Pri, PATA Sec

PATA Only

Configure the legacy channels in compatible mode.

Configure SATA as

Disabled

RAID

Disable SATA or configure it as RAID controller.

Note: This node is only available if ATA/IDE
Configuration is set to Compatible and the Legacy
IDE Channels configuration node is set to PATA only.

Configure SATA as

IDE

RAID

AHCI

Configure SATA device as IDE, RAID or AHCI
controller.

Note: This node is only available if ATA/IDE
Configuration is set to Enhanced.

Primary IDE Master

sub menu

Reports type of connected IDE device.

Primary IDE Slave

sub menu

Reports type of connected IDE device.

Secondary IDE Master

sub menu

Reports type of connected IDE device.

Secondary IDE Slave

sub menu

Reports type of connected IDE device.

Hard Disk Write Protect

Disabled
Enabled

If enabled, protects the hard drive from being erased.
Disabled allows the hard drive to be used normally.
Read, write and erase functions can be performed to
the disk.