Primary, Tertiary, Fourth Ide Master/Slave - Asus P5M2 User Manual

The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA
features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by allowing the
drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
The item Legacy IDE Channels appears only when you set the ATA/IDE
Configuration to [Compatible].
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. For details on AHCI, go to:
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012305.htm
The SATA controller is set to Native mode when this item is set to [RAID] or [AHCI].
Legacy IDE Channels [SATA Pri, PATA Sec]
Allows you to set Serial ATA, Parallel ATA, or both, to native mode.
Configuration options: [SATA Only] [PATA Pri, SATA Sec]
[SATA Pri, PATA Sec] [PATA Only]
4.3.5

Primary, Tertiary, Fourth IDE Master/Slave

The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a separate
sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display
the IDE device information.
Main
Primary IDE Master
Device : Hard Disk
Vendor
Size
LBA Mode
Block Mode : 16 Sectors
PIO Mode
Async DMA
Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5
SMART Monitoring: Supported
Type
LBA/Large Mode
Block(Multi-sector Transfer)M [ Auto]
PIO Mode
DMA Mode
SMART Monitoring
32Bit Data Transfer
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device,
Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and
SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable. These items show
N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
-1
: ST32122A
: 2.1GB
: Supported
: Supported
: MultiWord DMA-2
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Enabled]
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Select the type of
device connected to
the system.
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
Tab Select field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
Chapter 4: BIOS setup