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ATA/IDE Configuration [Compatible Mode] - raid driver
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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 want to configure the item. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration Legacy IDE Channels [Compatible] [SATA Pri, PATA Sec] Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] : [Not Detected] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] Options Disabled Compatible Enhanced Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. ATA/IDE Configuration [Compatible Mode] Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you are using native OS, e.g. Windows® 2000/XP. Set to [Compatible Mode] if you are using legacy OS, e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-DOS. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode] The C o n f i g u r e S A T A a s and T h i r d I D E M a s t e r / S l a v e options appear only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration to [Enhanced Mode]. 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 software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configuration using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility. 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. 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup