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4.3.4 IDE Configuration 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 if you wish to configure the item. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration Configure SATA as Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Tertiary IDE Master Tertiary IDE Slave Fourth IDE Master Fourth IDE Slave [Enhanced] [IDE] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] Options: Disabled Compatible Enhanced Select Screen Select Item +- Change Field Tab Select field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. 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, MSDOS. 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]. Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] 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. ASUS P5M2 Series 4-13

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ASUS P5M2 Series
²-1±
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 Configuration
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]
Tertiary IDE Master
:
[Not Detected]
Tertiary IDE Slave
:
[Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Master
:
[Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Slave
:
[Not Detected]
Options:
Disabled
Compatible
Enhanced
Select Screen
Select Item
+- Change Field
Tab Select field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc.
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge
chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
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.