User`s manual

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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IDE Mode
The following items are displayed when IDE Mode is selected:
Serial-ATA Controller 0~1
This feature is used to activate/deactivate the SATA controller, and sets
the compatibility mode. The options are Enhanced and Compatible. The
default of Serial-ATA Controller 1 is Enhanced.
SATA Port0~Port5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives
on the particular SATA port.
RAID Mode
The following items are displayed when RAID Mode is selected:
SATA Port0~Port5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives
on the particular SATA port.
Hot Plug
Set this item to Enabled to enable hot-plugging. The options are En-
abled and Disabled.
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PCIe/PCI/PnP Conguration
This feature allows the user to set the PCI/PnP congurations for the following items:
PCI ROM Priority
When there are multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI compatible), this feature
species what Option ROM to launch. The options are Legacy ROM and EFI
Compatible ROM.
PCI Latency Timer
This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus. Select
64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI bus clock cycles. The options are 32 PCI Bus
Clocks, 64 PCI Bus Clocks, 96 PCI Bus Clocks, 128 PCI Bus Clocks, 160 PCI Bus
Clocks, 192 PCI Bus Clocks, 224 PCI Bus Clocks and 248 PCI Bus Clocks.
Active State Power Management
Select Enabled to enable Active-State Power Management for signal transactions
between L0 and L1 Links on the PCI Express Bus in order to maximize power-
saving and transaction speeds. The options are Enabled and Disabled.