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PIO Mode [Auto]

Selects the PIO mode.

Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.

Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SATA Configuration [Enhanced]

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]

Configure SATA As [IDE]

Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge

chip.
The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA

features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the

drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage

devices, keep the defaul setting [IDE].
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller

Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI].

5.3.5

Storage Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the SATA

devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you want to

configure the item.

SATA Configuration

SATA Configuration

[Enhanced]

Configure SATA as

[IDE]

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

Options

Disabled

Compatiable

Enhanced

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