Supermicro X8QB6-F User Manual page 76

X8QB6-F/X8QBE-F
Select UDMA6 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 6. It has a data transfer
rate of 133 MB/s. The options are Auto, SWDMAn, MWDMAn, and UDMAn.
S.M.A.R.T. For Hard disk drives
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) can help predict
impending hard disk drive failures. Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automati-
cally detect hard disk drive support. Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from
using the S.M.A.R.T. Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S.M.A.R.T.
to support hard drive disk. The options are Disabled, Enabled and Auto.
32Bit Data Transfer
Select Enable to enable 32-bit IDE data transfer. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
Hard Disk Write Protect
Select Enabled to enable Hard Disk Write Protect support to prevent data from
being written to HDD. The options are Enabled or Disabled.
IDE Detect Timeout (sec)
Use this feature to set the timeout value for the BIOS to detect the ATA, ATAPI
devices installed in the system. The options are 0 (sec), 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and
35.
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection
This item allows the user to determine which components to be used to detect 80Pin
ATA(PI) cable. The options are Host & Device, Host and Device.
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Super IO Device Confi guration
Serial Port1 Address/IRQ, Serial Port2 Address/IRQ
This option specifi es the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address
of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2. Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from
accessing any system resources. When this option is set to Disabled, the serial port
physically becomes unavailable. Select 3F8/IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8
as its I/O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address. The options for Serial
Port1 are Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 and 2F8/IRQ3. The options for
Serial Port2 are Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 3F8/IRQ4, and 2E8/IRQ3.
Serial Port 2 Attribute
This feature enables COM2 to act as a virtual COM Port for Serial Over LAN (SOL).
The options are COM and SOL.
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