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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
AMI BIOS
Displays the auto-detected BIOS information.
Processor
Displays the auto-detected CPU specication.
System Memory
Displays the auto-detected system memory.
Select Screen
Select Item
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
v04.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
AMIBIOS
Version :0106
Build Date :07/02/08
Processor
Brand :AMD Phenom(tm) 8400 Triple-Core
Processor
Speed :2100MHz
Count :3
System Memory
Installed Size: 1024MB
Usable Size : 896MB
• If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical
storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE].
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. 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.
• If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 conguration from the
Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID].
4.3.7 System Information
This menu gives you an overview of the general system specications. The BIOS
automatically detects the items in this menu.