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The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial
ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by
allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
4.3.5 Primary, Thir d, Fou rth ID E Mast er/Slav e
The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a
separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press
<Enter> to display the IDE device information.
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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Primary IDE Master
Device : Hard Disk
Vendor : ST32122A
Size : 2.1GB
LBA Mode : Supported
Block Mode : 16 Sectors
PIO Mode : Supported
Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5
SMART Monitoring: Supported
Type [Auto]
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Block(Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
DMA Mode [Auto]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Select the type of
device connected to
the system.
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items
(Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra
DMA, and SMART monitoring). These values are not user-configurable.
These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system.
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. For details on AHCI, go
to: www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012305.htm
The SATA controller is set to Native mode when this item is set to [RAID]
or [AHCI].
Legacy IDE Channels [SATA Pri, PATA Sec]
Allows you to set Serial ATA, Parallel ATA, or both, to native mode.
Configuration options: [SATA Only] [PATA Pri, SATA Sec]
[SATA Pri, PATA Sec] [PATA Only]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Selects the time our value (in seconds) for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.
Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
The item Legacy IDE Channels appears only when you set the ATA/IDE
Configuration to [Compatible].