User`s manual

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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IDE/SATA Confi guration
When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence
of the IDE devices and displays the following items:
SATA#1 Confi guration
If Compatible is selected, SATA#1 will be set to Legacy mode. When Enhanced
is selected, SATA#1 will be set to Native SATA mode. The options are Disabled,
Compatible and Enhanced.
Confi gure SATA#1 as
This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA#1. Select RAID (In-
tel) to enable Intel's SATA RAID fi rmware to confi gure Intel's SATA RAID settings.
Select RAID (Adaptec) to enable Adaptec's SATA RAID fi rmware to confi gure
Adaptec's SATA RAID settings. Select AHCI to enable SATA Advanced Host Inter-
face. (Take caution when using this function. This is for advanced programmers
only.) The options are IDE, RAID (Intel), RAID (Adaptec) and AHCI.
SATA#2 Confi guration
Selecting Enhanced will set SATA#2 to native SATA mode. The options are Disabled,
and Enhanced.
Primary IDE Master/Slave, Secondary IDE Master/Slave, Third IDE Master,
and Fourth IDE Master
These settings allow the user to set the parameters of Primary IDE Master/Slave,
Secondary IDE Master/Slave, Third and Fourth IDE Master slots. Press <Enter>
to activate the following submenu items. Set the correct confi guration settings ac-
cordingly. The items included in the submenu are:
Type
This item is used to select the type of device connected to the system. The op-
tions are Not Installed, Auto, CD/DVD and ARMD.
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk drive.
In the LBA mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB. For drive capacities
over 137 GB, your system must be able to support 48-bit LBA mode addressing.
If not, contact your manufacturer or install an ATA/133 IDE controller card that
supports 48-bit LBA mode. The options are Disabled and Auto.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
Block Mode boosts the IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data
transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if Block
Mode is not used. Block Mode allows of up to 64 KB of data be transferred