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System BIOS configuration 13

IDE Configuration submenu

Figure 7 IDE Configuration submenu

Table 6 IDE Configuration submenu fields

Field Description Options

SATA Controller Mode Legacy Native mode, supports up to 4 drivers. Compatible

Only available on systems with an embedded software RAID

option ROM.

RAID

This is the DEFAULT if NCQ Mode requires that AHCI also be

Enabled. Otherwise, legacy SATA Native Mode is the DEFAULT as

previously specified. This is the default value

AHCI

SATA controller is Disabled and does not appear in the standard

boot order list..

Disabled

Drive Write Cache Drive Write Cache feature disabled on all dumb SATA drives. This

avoids the possibility of data loss due to a power failure. The

default setting is Disabled.

Disabled

Drive Write Cache feature on all dumb SATA drives to be enabled

System BIOS or SATA option ROM during POST. This improves

performance, but at a risk of data loss on a power failure.

Enabled

IDE Detect Time Out This value is the best setting to use if the onboard IDE controllers

are set to a specific IDE disk drive in the BIOS.

Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE

disk drives in 5 seconds.

Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE

disk drives in 10 seconds.

Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE

disk drives in 15 seconds.