BIOS Setup Information
96M4281o User’s Manual
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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields allow set a PIO mode (0-4) for
each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0
through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.
The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33/66/100 implementation is possible only if IDE hard drive supports
and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a
third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and system software both
support Ultra DMA/33/66/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
The choice: Auto, Disabled.
SATA Mode
IDE
Use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical Storage
devices.
RAID
With Intel Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1 support.
AHCI
The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification
describes the register-level interface for a Host Controller for Serial
ATA 1.0a and Serial ATA II.
On-Chip Serial ATA
Disabled
Disabled SATA Controller.
Auto
Auto arrange by BIOS.
Combined Mode
PATA and SATA are combined. Max. Of 2 IDE drives in each
channel.
Enhanced Mode
Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. Of 6 IDE drives are Supported.
SATA Only
SATA is operating in legacy mode.
