4.3.5IDE 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.

IDE Configuration

 

When in AHCI/RAID

Onboard IDE Operate Mode

[Enhanced Mode]

mode SATA

controller is

Enhanced Mode Support On

[S-ATA]

forced to Native

Configure S-ATA as RAID

[No]

mode.

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[35]

 

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]

The items Enhanced Mode Support On and Configure S-ATA

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]

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