Asus P5MT-S Personal Computer User Manual


 
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ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed
operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] if you are using native OS,
e.g. Windows
®
2000/XP. Set to [Compatible] if you are using legacy OS,
e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-DOS. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[Compatible] [Enhanced]
The items Configure SATA as and Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave options
appear only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration to [Enhanced].
4.3.4 IDE Configura tion
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for
the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter>
if you wish to configure the item.
IDE Configuration
ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Primary IDE Master : [Not Detected]
Primary IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
Third IDE Master : [Not Detected]
Third IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Master : [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Set [Compatible Mode]
when Legacy OS (i.e.
WIN ME, 98, NT4.0, MS
DOS)is used.
Set [Enhanced Mode]
when Native OS (i.e.
WIN2000, WIN XP) is
used.
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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Configure SATA As [IDE]
Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the
Southbridge chip.
If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical
storage devices, set this item to [IDE].
Set this item to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
or RAID 5 configurations using the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager or if you
want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configurations using the LSI
Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility.
Set the item Configure SATA as to [RAID] if you want to use or
configure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0
SP1 operating system environment. Due to the OS limitation, you must
set a SATA RAID to use any SATA device (at least two SATA devices are
needed for the RAID configuration). Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
for details on how to set a SATA RAID.