Legacy IDE Channels [PATA Pri, SATA Sec]
This sub-item appears only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration item to
[Compatible] and allows you to set the legacy IDE channels.
Configuration options: [SATA Only] [PATA Pri, SATA Sec] [SATA Pri, PATA
Sec] [PATA Only]
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Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
Enables or disables the device write protection. This will be effective only if device
is accessed through BIOS.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.
Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host]
Selects the mechanism for detecting 80Pin ATA(PI) Cable.
Configuration options: [Host & Device] [Host] [Device]
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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, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel
Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk
drives, set this item to [RAID].
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Chapter 5: BIOS setup