Chapter 4 | BIOS Setup Description |
Clock Configuration
Feature
Options
Description
Spread Spectrum
Disabled Enabled
Enable spread spectrum clock modulation to reduce EMI.
IDE Configuration Submenu
Feature | Options | Description |
ATA/IDE Configuration | Disabled | Configure the integrated parallel and serial ATA |
| Compatible | controllers. |
| Disabled: Both controllers are disabled. | |
| Enhanced | |
| Compatible: Both controllers operate in legacy or | |
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| compatible mode. |
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| Enhanced: Both controllers operate in enhanced or |
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Legacy IDE Channels | SATA Only | Configure the legacy channels in compatible mode. |
| SATA Pri, PATA Sec |
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| PATA Only |
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Configure SATA as | Disabled | Disable SATA or configure it as RAID controller. |
| RAID | Note: This node is only available if ATA/IDE |
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| Configuration is set to Compatible and the Legacy |
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| IDE Channels configuration node is set to PATA only. |
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Configure SATA as | IDE | Configure SATA device as IDE, RAID or AHCI |
| RAID | controller. |
| Note: This node is only available if ATA/IDE | |
| AHCI | |
| Configuration is set to Enhanced. | |
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Primary IDE Master | sub menu | Reports type of connected IDE device. |
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Primary IDE Slave | sub menu | Reports type of connected IDE device. |
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Secondary IDE Master | sub menu | Reports type of connected IDE device. |
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Secondary IDE Slave | sub menu | Reports type of connected IDE device. |
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Hard Disk Write Protect | Disabled | If enabled, protects the hard drive from being erased. |
| Enabled | Disabled allows the hard drive to be used normally. |
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| Read, write and erase functions can be performed to |
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| the disk. |
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