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COM Port 1
These items specify the base I/O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 (COM
1). Selecting [Auto] allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/O
port address. Settings: [3F8/IRQ4], [2F8/IRQ3], [3E8/IRQ4], [2E8/IRQ3] and [Disabled].
IDE Devices Configuration
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
PCI IDE BusM aster
Set this option to [Enabled] to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus
has bus mastering capability. Settings options: [Disabled], [Enabled].
SATA Devices Configuration
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
SATA Mode
This item allows you to select the SATA configuration. Select [IDE] if you want to
have SATA as IDE function. Select [AHCI] to allow the SATA to have Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI) feature, which supports improved serial ATA disk per-
formance with native command queuing & native hot plug. Settings options: [IDE],
[RAID] and [AHCI].
On-Chip Serial ATA
This item allows you to set the SATA controller. Settings options: [Disabled], [Auto],
[Combined Mode], [Enhanced Mode] and [SATA only].
SATA PORT Speed Settings
This item allows you to set the SATA port speed. Settings options: [Disabled],
[Force GEN I], [Force GEN II].
PATA IDE Mode
This item allows you to set the IDE configuration. Settings options: [Primary],
[Secondary].
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