If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID].

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].

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if device is accessed throuh BIOS. Confiuration option: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

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

: 0113

 

Build Date : 10/05/07

 

Processor

 

 

Type

: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU @ 3.00GHz

 

Speed

: 3000 MHz

 

Count

: 2

 

System Memory

Select Screen

 

 

 

Available

: 503 MB

Select Item

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

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.

ASUS P5E-VM HDMI

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