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ATA/IDE Configuration [Compatible 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: [Disabled]

[Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode]

5.3.4

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 want to configure the item.

The Configure SATA as

Configure SATA as

Configure SATA as and Third IDE Master/Slave

Third IDE Master/Slave

Third IDE Master/Slave options

appear only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration to

[Enhanced Mode].

Configure SATA As [IDE]

Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the

Southbridge chip.

If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA

physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE].

Set this item to [RAID] if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID

0+1, or software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage

Manager or if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1

configuration using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility.

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.

IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration

[Compatible]

Legacy IDE Channels

[SATA Pri, PATA Sec]

Primary IDE Master

[Not Detected]

Primary IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

Secondary IDE Master

[Not Detected]

Secondary IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[35]

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F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

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Options

Disabled

Compatible

Enhanced