Ide Configuration - Asus TS300-E4 User Manual

5.3.4

IDE Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE
devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you wish to
configure the item.
Main
IDE Configuration
ATA/IDE Configuration
Configure SATA as
Primary IDE Master
Primary IDE Slave
Tertiary IDE Master
Tertiary IDE Slave
Fourth IDE Master
Fourth IDE Slave
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
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ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed operating
system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] if you are using native OS, e.g. Windows
XP. Set to [Compatible] if you are using legacy OS, e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-
DOS. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]
The items Configure SATA as options appear only when you set the ATA/IDE
Configuration to [Enhanced].
The items Tertiary and Fourth IDE Master/Slave options appear only when
you set ATA/IDE configuration to [Enabled] and configure SATA as [IDE] or
[AHCI].
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the
Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical
storage devices, set this item to [IDE].
Set this item to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or
RAID 5 configurations using the Intel
to create a RAID 0, RAID 1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded
SATA RAID Setup Utility.
Set the item Configure SATA as to [RAID] if you want to use or configure the
SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP1 operating
system environment. Due to the OS limitation, you must set a SATA RAID to
use any SATA device (at least two SATA devices are needed for the RAID
configuration). Refer to Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 for details on how to set a
SATA RAID.
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[Enhanced]
[IDE]
: [Not Detected]
: [Not Detected]
: [Not Detected]
: [Not Detected]
: [Not Detected]
: [Not Detected]
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