3.4.2Storage Configuration

The Storage Configuration menu allows you to configure your storage devices. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the submenu.

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Storage Configuration

 

 

Set [Compatible Mode]

 

 

 

 

when Legacy OS (i.e.

 

SATA Configuraton

[Enhanced]

 

WIN ME, 98, NT4.0, MS

 

Configure SATA as

[IDE]

DOS) is used.

 

Hard Disk Write Protect

[Disabled]

Set [Enhanced Mode]

 

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

[35]

 

when Native OS (i.e.

 

 

 

 

WIN2000, Win XP, Vista

 

 

 

 

is used.

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Configuration [Enhanced]

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

Configure SATA as [IDE]

Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the PCH chip. 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].

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. Configuration options: [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]

3.4.3AHCI Configuration

This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. It appears only when you set the item Configure SATA as from the sub-menu of SATA Configuration to [AHCI].

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Chapter 3

AHCI Settings

SATA Port1 [Not Detected]

SATA Port2 [Not Detected]

SATA Port3 [Not Detected]

SATA Port4 [Not Detected]

SATA Port5 [Not Detected]

SATA Port6 [Not Detected]

Some SATA CD/DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer.

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