Asus EVOLUTION P5E64 WS - Manual (Page 84)

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DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode.
Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0]
[MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART) feature.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
4.3.6 SATA Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the SATA
devices installed in the system. Select an item then press if you want to
configure the item.
SATA Configuration
SATA Configuraton [Enhanced]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Options
Disabled
Compatiable
Enhanced
SATA Configuration [Enhanced]
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
This sub-item appears only when you set the SATA Configuration item to
[Compatible] or [Enhanced] and allows you to set the SATA configuration.
Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
• 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]. 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].