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Chapter 5: BIOS setup

Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]

Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed

operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you are using native OS,

e.g. Windows® 2000/XP. Set to [Compatible Mode] if you are using legacy

OS, e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-DOS.

Configuration options: [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode]

IDE Configuration

Onboard IDE Operate Mode

[Enhanced Mode]

Enhanced Mode Support On

[S-ATA]

Configure S-ATA as RAID

[No]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[35]

When in AHCI/RAID

mode SATA

controller is

forced to Native

mode.

5.3.5

IDE Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for

the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter>

if you wish to configure the item.

The items Enhanced Mode Support On

Enhanced Mode Support On

Enhanced Mode Support On and Configure S-ATA

Configure S-ATA

as RAID

as RAID appear only when you set the Onboard IDE Operate Mode to

[Enhanced Mode].

Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]

Allows you to set Serial ATA, Parallel ATA, or both, to native mode.

Configuration options: [P-ATA+S-ATA] [S-ATA] [ P-ATA]

Configure S-ATA as RAID [No]

Allows you to configure the Serial ATA devices as RAID sets.

Configuration options: [No] [Yes]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

Selects the time our value (in seconds) for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]