DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode.

Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature.

Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

4.3.6SATA Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the SATA devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you want to configure the item.

SATA Configuration

 

 

 

 

Options

 

SATA Configuraton

[Enhanced]

Disabled

Configure SATA as

[IDE]

Compatiable

 

 

Hard Disk Write Protect

[Disabled]

Enhanced

 

 

SATA Detect Time Out (Sec)

[35]

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Configuration [Enhanced]

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]

Configure SATA as [IDE]

This sub-item appears only when you set the SATA Configuration item to [Compatible] or [Enhanced] and allows you to set the SATA configuration. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]

• 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, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel®

Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID].

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