Storage Configuration - Asus P5Q-EM DO User Manual

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]
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Storage 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
SATA#1 Configuration
Configure SATA#1 as
Hard Disk Write Protect
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:
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
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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[Compatible]
[IDE]
[Disabled]
[IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
Options
Disabled
Compatiable
Enhanced
Matrix Storage
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