•If�� you��� ����want ��to ���use the��� Serial������ ATA��� hard���� ����disk drives������ as�� Parallel�������� ���ATA ��������physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE].

•If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. 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.

•If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 configuration from the

Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID].

4.3.7System Information

This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main

 

 

AMIBIOS

 

Version

:0106

Build Date :07/02/08

Processor

 

Brand

:AMD Phenom(tm) 8400 Triple-Core

 

 

Processor

Speed

:2100MHz

Count

:3

System Memory

 

Select Screen

 

Select Item

 

 

Installed Size: 1024MB

F1

General Help

Usable Size : 896MB

F10

Save and Exit

 

ESC

Exit

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AMI BIOS

Displays the auto-detected BIOS information.

Processor

Displays the auto-detected CPU specification.

System Memory

Displays the auto-detected system memory.

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