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3.4.2
Storage Configuration
The Storage Configuration menu allows you to configure your storage devices. Select an item
then press <Enter> to display the submenu.
Main
Storage Configuration
SATA Configuraton
Configure SATA as
Hard Disk Write Protect
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
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]
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Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is
accessed through BIOS. Configuration 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]
3.4.3
AHCI 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].
Main
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]
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY
[Enhanced]
[IDE]
[Disabled]
[35]
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
Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID].
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Set [Compatible Mode]
when Legacy OS (i.e.
WIN ME, 98, NT4.0, MS
DOS) is used.
Set [Enhanced Mode]
when Native OS (i.e.
WIN2000, Win XP, Vista
is used.
Matrix Storage
®
Some SATA CD/DVD in
AHCI mode need to
wait ready longer.
Chapter 3: BIOS setup
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