User`s manual

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

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S.M.A.R.T. For Hard disk drives

Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) can help predict

impending drive failures. Select Auto to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically de-

tect hard disk drive support. Select Disabled to prevent the AMI BIOS from using

the S.M.A.R.T. Select Enabled to allow the AMI BIOS to use the S.M.A.R.T. to

support hard drive disk. The options are Disabled, Enabled, and Auto.

32Bit Data Transfer

Select Enable to enable 32-bit IDE data transfer support. The options are En-

abled and Disabled.

IDE Detect Timeout (sec)

Use this feature to set the timeout value for BIOS to detect the ATA, ATAPI devices

installed in the system. The options are 0 (sec), 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35.

PCI/PnP Conﬁ guration

Clear NVRAM

This feature clears NVRAM (Non-volatile RAM) during system boot. The options

are No and Yes.

Plug & Play OS

Select Yes to allow the OS to conﬁ gure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required

for system boot if your OS supports Plug & Play.) Select No to allow the AMI BIOS

to conﬁ gure all devices in the system.

PCI Latency Timer

This feature sets the PCI Latency timer for each PCI device installed on a PCI bus.

Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32, 64, 96,

128, 160, 192, 224 and 248.

PCI IDE BusMaster

When this feature is enabled, BIOS uses PCI bus mastering to read and write to

IDE drives. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

SR-IOV Supported

Select Enabled to enable Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) support which

works in conjunction with the Intel Virtualization Technology and allow multiple op-

erating systems to run simultaneously within a single computer via natively share

PCI-Express devices to enhance network connectivity and performance. The options

are Enabled and Disabled.