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Integrated Peripherals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Integrated Peripherals

 

 

 

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

[Enabled]

 

 

Item Help

 

On-Chip SATA Mode

[Auto]

 

Menu Level`

x

PATA IDE Set to

Ch.0 Master/Slave

 

 

 

SATA Port 0/2 Set to

Ch.2 Master/Slave

 

 

 

SATA Port 1/3 Set to

Ch.3 Master/Slave

 

 

 

USB Controller

 

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

USB 2.0 Controller

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

USB Keyboard Support

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

USB Mouse Support

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

Legacy USB storage detect

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

Azalia Codec

 

[Auto]

 

 

 

 

Onboard H/W LAN

[Enabled]

 

 

 

`

SMART LAN1

 

[Press Enter]

 

 

 

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

Onboard Serial Port 1

[3F8/IRQ4]

 

 

 

Onboard Parallel Port

[378/IRQ7]

 

 

 

Parallel Port Mode

[SPP]

 

 

 

KLJI: Move

Enter: Select

+/-/PU/PD: Value

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

F1: General Help

 

F5: Previous Values

F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

 

F7: Optimized Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

Enables or disables the first integrated IDE controller. (Default: Enabled)

On-Chip SATA Mode

Configures the integrated SATA controller.

Disabled

Disables the integrated SATA controller.

Auto

Lets BIOS set SATA devices to Combined or Enhanced mode.

 

If your onboard SATA controller is automatically configured to Combined

 

mode, you can manually re-configure it to Enhanced mode as needed.

 

(Default)

Combined

Sets all SATA devices to operate in PATA mode. Combined allows a

 

maximum of 4 ATA devices to be used simultaneously: two PATA devices

 

plus two SATA devices.

Enhanced

Sets all SATA devices to operate in SATA mode.

Non-Combined

Sets all SATA devices to operate in PATA mode and disables the integrated

 

IDE controller.

PATA IDE Set to

This item is configurable only if the On-Chip SATA Mode is set to Combined.

Ch.0 Master/Slave Sets the IDE channels to Ch. 0 Master/Slave. (Default)

Ch.1 Master/Slave Sets the IDE channels to Ch. 1 Master/Slave.

Disabled Disables the integrated IDE controller when Non-Combinedis selected.

SATA Port 0/2 Set to

This value is dependent on the On-Chip SATA Mode and PATA IDE Set to settings.

When PATA IDE Set to is configured to Ch. 1 Master/Slave, this option will be automatically set to Ch. 0 Master/Slave.

Only for GA-G31M-S2L.

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GA-G31M-S2C, GA-G31M-S2L specifications

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