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Chapter 7: BIOS
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32 Bit I/O
This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32-bit data transfer.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Transfer Mode
This option allows the user to set the transfer mode. The options are Standard,
Fast PIO1, Fast PIO2, Fast PIO3, Fast PIO4, FPIO3/DMA1 and FPIO4/DMA2.
Ultra DMA Mode
This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode. The options are Disabled,
Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4, and Mode 5.
Serial ATA
This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Native Mode Operation
Select the native mode for ATA. The options are: Serial ATA and Auto.
SATA Controller Mode
Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically-detected
and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS. Select Enhanced to allow the
SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically-detected and be placed in the
Native IDE Mode. Note: Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS
or a later version.
When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced, the following items will
display:
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable
Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions. (For the Windows OS
environment, use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled. When this
item is set to Enabled, the item: "ICH RAID Code Base" will be available for
you to select Intel or Adaptec Host RAID fi rmware to be activated. If this item
is set to Disabled, the item-SATA AHCI Enable will be available.) The options
are Enabled and Disabled.
ICH RAID Code Base (Available when SATA RAID is Enabled)
Select Intel to enable Intel's SATA RAID fi rmware. Select Adaptec to use Adaptec's
HostRAID fi rmware. The options are Intel and Adaptec.