User's and BIOS Manual (1.2)

Chapter 4: BIOS

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Serial ATA

Select Enable to use Serial ATA. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Native Mode Operation

This feature allows the user to set the native mode for IDE. Select Auto to set the

IDE mode to Parallel ATA. Select Serial ATA to use SATA mode. 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 automatically detected and be placed

in the Native IDE Mode. (Note: The 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 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

Select Intel to enable Intel's SATA RAID ﬁ rmware. The default setting is Intel.

SATA AHCI

Select Enable to use Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface. (Take caution when

using this function. This feature is for advanced programmers only.The options

are Enabled and Disabled.)

System Memory

This display informs you how much system memory is detected in the system is

detected by the BIOS.

Extended Memory

This display informs you how much extended memory in the system is detected.