Software • BIOS options
Chapter 4 Software
Panel PC 800 User's Manual V1.30
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BIOS setting
Function
Configuration options
Effect
Enabled
Enables this function
Spread spectrum
This option is used to modulate the cycle fre-
quency to slightly reduce electromagnetic inter-
ference.
Disabled
Disables this function
Table 153: 945GME Advanced - Clock configuration - Configuration options
1.4.8 IDE configuration
Advanced
IDE Configuration
Legacy IDE Channels [SATA Pri, PATA Sec]
Primary IDE Master : [Hard Disk]
Primary IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
Secondary IDE Master : [Not Detected]
Secondary IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] Select Screen
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host & Device] Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
ATA/IDE Configuration [Compatible]
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Figure 105: 945GME Advanced IDE Configuration
BIOS setting
Function
Configuration options
Effect
Compatible
Both controllers run in Legacy or Compatible
mode.
Disabled
Disables both controllers
ATA/IDE configuration
Option for configuring the integrated PATA and
SATA controllers
Enhanced
Both controllers run in Enhanced or Native
mode.
SATA Pri, PATA Sec
Assigns SATA drives as primary and PATA dri-
ves as secondary
SATA only
Uses SATA drives only
Legacy IDE channels
1)
Option for configuring the Legacy IDE channels
in Compatible mode.
PATA only
Uses PATA drives only
IDE
Uses the serial ATA hard drive as a parallel ATA
physical drive
RAID
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or Intel® Matrix Storage tech-
nology can be configured here with the serial
ATA hard drive.
Configure SATA as
2)
Allows the serial ATA connections supported by
the southbridge to be defined
AHCI
The AHCI setting enables the internal memory
driver for SATA functions, which increases the
storage performance for random read-write ac-
cess by allowing the drive itself to determine the
sequence of commands.
Before PATA
Sets the SATA drives as primary devices and
PATA as secondary
Configure SATA as chan-
nels
3)
Allows SATA or PATA drives to be configured as
primary or secondary devices
Behind PATA
Sets the PATA drives as primary devices and
SATA as secondary
Enabled
Disables hot plugging support
AHCI/RAID SATA hot
plug
4)
Allows the configuration of hot plugging support
for AHCI/RAID systems
Disabled
Enables hot plugging support
Primary IDE master
Option for configuring the drive in the system that
is connected to the IDE primary master port
Enter
Opens the submenu
see "Primary IDE master" on page 200
Primary IDE slave
Option for configuring the drive in the system that
is connected to the IDE primary slave port
Enter
Opens the submenu
see "Primary IDE slave" on page 201
Secondary IDE master
Option for configuring the drive in the system that
is connected to the IDE secondary master port
Enter
Opens the submenu
see "Secondary IDE master" on page 202
Secondary IDE slave
Option for configuring the drive in the system that
is connected to the IDE secondary slave port
Enter
Opens the submenu
see "Secondary IDE slave" on page 203
Enabled
Enables this function
Hard disk write protect
Option for enabling/disabling write protection for
the hard drive
Disabled
Disables this function
IDE detect time out (sec)
Configures the time overrun limit for ATA/ATAPI
device detection.
0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35
Time setting in seconds
