3.4.4 Storage Configuration

 

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

Storage Configuration

 

DISABLED: disables the

 

integrated IDE

 

 

 

 

Controller.

OnBoard IDE Controller

[Both]

PRIMARY: enables only

 

 

the Primary IDE

Primary IDE Master

[Hard Disk]

Controller.

SECONDARY: enables only

Primary IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

the Secondary IDE

Secondary IDE Master

[Not Detected]

Controller.

Secondary IDE Slave

[Not Detected]

BOTH: enables both IDE

 

 

 

 

Controllers.

 

 

 

Select Screen

 

 

 

Select Item

 

 

+-

Change Option

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

F9

Load Defaults

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

ESC

Exit

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Onboard IDE Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the “Onboard IDE Controller” feature. The default value is [Both].

IDE Device Configuration

You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the “Primary IDE Master” as the example in the following instruction, which can be applied to the configurations of “Secondary IDE Master”, “Primary IDE Slave” and “Secondary IDE Slave” as well.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced

Primary IDE Master

Device

:Hard Disk

Vendor

:MAXTOR 6L080J4

Size

:80.0 GB

LBA Mode

:Supported

Block Mode

:16Sectors

PIO Mode

:4

Async DMA

:MultiWord DMA-2

Ultra DMA

:Ultra DMA-6

S.M.A.R.T.

:Supported

 

 

Type

[Auto]

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

[Auto]

PIO Mode

[Auto]

DMA Mode

[Auto]

S . M . A . R . T .

[Disabled]

32Bit Data Transfer

[Disabled]

Select the type

of device connected to the system.

 

Select Screen

 

Select Item

+-

Change Option

F1

General Help

F9

Load Defaults

F10

Save and Exit

ESC

Exit

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ASRock K7S41GX2 manual Storage Configuration, Onboard IDE Controller, IDE Device Configuration, OnBoard IDE Controller Both

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