DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.

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

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.3.5Storage Configuration

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

Storage Configuration

 

Options

SATA#1 Configuration

[Compatible]

Disabled

Configure SATA#1 as

[IDE]

Compatiable

 

 

Hard Disk Write Protect

[Disabled]

Enhanced

 

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

SATA#1 Configuration [Compatible]

Allows you to enable or disable SATA configuration.

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

Configure SATA#1 as [IDE]

Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [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].

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]

IDE 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]

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