American Megatrends AX45Q User Manual page 51

Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave, Third/Fourth IDE Master
Select one of the hard disk drives to configure it. Press <Enter> to access its the sub
menu. The options on the sub menu are described in the following sections.
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)
Set this option to stop the AMIBIOS from searching for IDE devices within the specified
number of seconds. Basically, this allows you to fine-tune the settings to allow for faster
boot times. Adjust this setting until a suitable timing that can detect all IDE disk drives
attached is found.
The default setting is 35.
Option Description
0 This value is the best setting to use if the onboard IDE controllers are set to a
specific IDE disk drive in the AMIBIOS.
5 Set this value to stop the AMIBIOS from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk
drives in five seconds. A large majority of ultra ATA hard disk drives can be
detected well within five seconds.
10 Set this value to stop the AMIBIOS from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk
drives in 10 seconds.
15 Set this value to stop the AMIBIOS from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk
drives in 15 seconds.
20 Set this value to stop the AMIBIOS from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk
drives in 20 seconds.
25 Set this value to stop the AMIBIOS from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk
drives in 25 seconds.
30 Set this value to stop the AMIBIOS from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk
drives in 30 seconds.
35 35 is the default value. It is the recommended setting when all IDE connectors
are set to AUTO in the AMIBIOS setting.
Note: Different IDE disk drives take longer for the BIOS to locate than others do.
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