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Bios Settings

Chapter 4

Network Application Platforms

Advanced Settings

Select the Advanced tab from the setup screen to enter

the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of

the items in the left frame of the screen, such as SuperIO

Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You

can display an Advanced BIOS
Setup option by highlighting it using the keys.

All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this

section. The Advanced BIOS Setup screen is shown at

the right. The sub menus are described on the following

pages.

IDE Configuration Settings

You can use this screen to select options for the IDE

Configuration Settings. Use the up and down

keys to select an item. Use the and keys to

change the value of the selected option. A description of

the selected item appears on the right side of the screen.

The settings are described on the following pages. An

example of the IDE Configuration screen is at the right.

ATA/IDE Configuration

Configure SATA as:

Option

Description

IDE

If you want to use the Serial-ATA

hard disk drives as Parallel ATA

physical storage devices, keep

the default setting IDE.

AHCI

If you want the Serial-ATA hard

disk drives to use the Advanced

Host controller Interface (AHCI),

set this item to AHCI. The AHCI

offers the following advantages:

No master/slave designation

for SATA devices–each de-
vice is treated as a master.
Hardware assisted native

command queuing
Hot-Plug support