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3.4Main menu

When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information. Select an item and press <Enter> to display the submenu.

Refer to section 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them.

 

 

 

 

 

SABERTOOTH X58 BIOS Setup

 

 

 

 

 

Main

 

Ai Tweaker

Advanced

Power

Boot

Tools

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Time

[15:57:25]

 

 

Use [ENTER], [TAB]

 

System Date

[Wed 06/30/2010]

 

 

or [SHIFT-TAB] to

 

Language

 

[English]

 

 

 

select a field.

 

 

SATA1

 

[HDT722516DLA380]

 

 

Use [+] or [-] to

 

 

SATA2

 

[Not Detected]

 

 

configure system Date.

 

 

SATA3

 

[Not Detected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA4

 

[Not Detected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA5

 

[Not Detected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA6

 

[Not Detected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storage Configuration

 

 

 

 

←→

Select Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

↑↓

Select Item

 

 

System Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+-

Change Field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tab

Select Field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3.4.1SATA 1–6

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. There is a separate submenu for each SATA device. Select a device item and press <Enter> to display the SATA device information.

SABERTOOTH X58 BIOS Setup

Main

 

SATA 1

 

 

 

Select the type

 

Device

: Hard Disk

 

 

of device connected

 

Vendor

: HDT722516DLA380

to the system.

 

Size

: 164.7GB

 

 

 

 

 

LBA Mode

: Supported

 

 

 

 

 

Block Mode

: 16Sectors

 

 

 

 

 

PIO Mode

: 4

 

 

 

 

 

Async DMA

: MultiWord DMA-2

 

 

 

Ultra DMA

: Ultra DMA-6

 

 

 

 

 

SMART Monitoring:Supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

[Auto]

←→

Select Screen

 

LBA/Large Mode

 

[Auto]

↑↓

Select Item

 

Block(Multi-Sector Transfer)M[Auto]

+-

Change Field

 

PIO Mode

 

[Auto]

F1

General Help

 

DMA Mode

 

[Auto]

F10

Save and Exit

 

SMART Monitoring

[Auto]

ESC

Exit

 

32Bit Data Transfer

[Enabled]

 

 

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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 SATA device is installed in the system.

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