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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
Marvell 9128 Controller [IDE Mode]
Allows you to select the Marvell 9128 controller operating mode.
[Disabled]
Disables the controller.
[IDE Mode]
Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI Mode]
Set to [AHCI Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). 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.
JMB 36x ATA Controller [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the JMB 36x ATA controller.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
If you want to use the full functin of the JMB 36x ATA contorller (ex. AHCI), we recommend
that you set this item to [Enabled] and install the
JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver
from
the motherboard support DVD.
JMB 36x OptionRom [Enabled]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to
enable or disable the OptionRom of the JMB 36x ATA controller.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
OptionRom Display in POST [Enabled]
This item appears only when you set the
JMB 36x OptionRom
item to [Enabled] and
allows you to display or hide the OptionRom of the JMB 36x ATA controller during
POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
OptionRom Detect Time Out [Auto]
This item appears only when you set the
JMB 36x OptionRom
item to [Enabled] and
allows you to select the time out value for detecting the OptionRom.
Configuration options: [Auto] [1 Sec] [2 Sec] [6 Sec]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Allows you to select the Serial Port1 base address.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3]
