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IBASE IB946 User Manual

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BIOS SETUP

IB946 User’s Manual

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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
These fields allow your system to improve disk I/O throughput to
33Mb/sec with the Ultra DMA/33 feature. The options are Auto and
Disabled.

SATA Mode
The setting choices for the SATA Mode are IDE and AHCI
Mode. Select [IDE] if you want to have SATA function as IDE.
Select [AHCI] for Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) feature,
with improved SATA performance with native command queuing &
native hot plug.

LEGACY Mode Support
When the Serial ATA (SATA) is set with the legacy mode enabled, then
the SATA is set to the conventional IDE mode. Legacy mode is
otherwise known as compatible mode.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

SuperIO Device

POWER ON Function

BUTTON ONLY

ITEM HELP

KB Power ON Password

Enter

Hot Key power ON

Ctrl-F1

Onboard Serial Port 1

3F8/IRQ4

Onboard Serial Port 2

2F8/IRQ3

UART Mode Select

Normal

Menu Level >

Parallel Port

378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode

SPP

ECP Mode Select

EPP 1.7

ECP Mode Use Mode

3

PWRON After PWR-Fail

Off

2nd Super IO Device

Onboard Serial Port 3

230

ITEM HELP

Serial Port 3 Use IRQ

IRQ5

Onboard Serial Port 4

238

Menu Level >

Serial Port 4 Use IRQ

IRQ11

Power ON Function
This field is related to how the system is powered on – such as with the
use of conventional power button, keyboard or hot keys. The default is
BUTTON ONLY.

KB Power ON Password
This field allows users to set the password when keyboard power on is
the mode of the Power ON function.