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Chapter 2: BIOS information
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting this item to
[Auto]
enables the LBA mode if the
device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode
disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When this item is set to
[Auto]
, the data
transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-
sector transfer feature. When this item is set to
[Disabled]
, the data transfer from and to the
device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
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]
2.3.4
SATA Configuration
The
SATA Configuration
menu allows you to configure your storage devices. Select an item
then press
<Enter>
to display the submenu.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Enables or disables OnChip SATA Channel. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Port1 – Port4 [IDE]
Configures SATA 1/2/3/4. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
SATA Port5 – Port6 [IDE]
Configures SATA 5/6. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
The following two items only appear when you set
OnChip SATA Channel
to [
Enabled
].
• When SATA 1/2/3/4 are configured as
[IDE]
, SATA 5/6 can only be configured as
[IDE]
.
• When SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 are configured as
[AHCI]
, only SATA 1/2/3/4 can be detected
under OS. Ensure to install the AHCI driver, so that you can use SATA 1/2/3/4/5/6 in
AHCI mode under OS.
• When SATA 1/2/3/4 are configured as
[AHCI]
and SATA 5/6 are configured as
[IDE]
, you
can access the devices on SATA 5/6 before entering OS.
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