If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. For details on AHCI, go to:

www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012305.htm

The SATA controller is set to Native mode when this item is set to [RAID] or [AHCI].

The item Legacy IDE Channels appears only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration to [Compatible].

Legacy IDE Channels [SATA Pri, PATA Sec]

Allows you to set Serial ATA, Parallel ATA, or both, to native mode. Configuration options: [SATA Only] [PATA Pri, SATA Sec]

[SATA Pri, PATA Sec] [PATA Only]

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]

5.3.5Primary, Secondary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave

The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information.

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Primary IDE Master

Device

: Hard Disk

Vendor

: ST32122A

Size

: 2.1GB

LBA Mode

: Supported

Block Mode

: 16 Sectors

PIO Mode

: Supported

Async DMA

: MultiWord DMA-2

Ultra DMA

: Ultra DMA-5

SMART Monitoring: Supported

Type

[Auto]

LBA/Large Mode

[Auto]

Block(Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto]

PIO Mode

[Auto]

DMA Mode

[Auto]

SMART Monitoring

[Auto]

32Bit Data Transfer

[Disabled]

Select the type of device connected to the system.

Select Screen

Select Item

+- Change Option

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.

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