IEI Technology Wafer-8522, User Manual

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WAFER-8522 Motherboard
Enabled Prevents hard disks from being overwritten
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
The IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) BIOS option specifies the maximum time (in seconds) the
AMI BIOS will search for IDE devices. This allows fine-tunes the settings to allow for faster
boot times. The following configuration options are available.
0 seconds
5 seconds
10 seconds
15 seconds
20 seconds
25 seconds
30 seconds
35 seconds (Default)
The best setting to use if the onboard IDE controllers are set to a specific IDE disk drive in
the AMI BIOS is “0 seconds” and a large majority of ultra ATA hard disk drives can be
detected well within “35 seconds” (the default setting).
ATA (PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host & Device]
When an Ultra ATA/66, an Ultra ATA/100 or an Ultra ATA/133 IDE hard disk drive is used,
an 80-conductor ATA cable must be used. The 80-conductor ATA cable is plug compatible
with the standard 40-conductor ATA cable. The system must detect the presence of
correct cable so that the AMIBIOS can instruct the drive to run at the correct speed for the
cable type detected.
The ATA (PI) 80Pin Cable Detection BIOS option determines how the IDE cable will be
detected.
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