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X8STi/X8STi-F/X8STi-3F/X8STi-LN4 User’s Manual

XIDE / Floppy Conﬁ guration

When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence

of the IDE Devices and displays the following items:

Floppy A

This feature allows the user to select the type of ﬂ oppy drive connected to the sys-

tem. The options are Disabled, 360KB 5 1/4", 1.2MB 5 1/4", 720KB 3 1/2", 1.44MB

3 1/2" and 2.88MB 3 1/2".

SATA#1 Conﬁ guration

If Compatible is selected, it sets SATA#1 to legacy compatibility mode, while se-

lecting Enhanced sets SATA#1 to native SATA mode. The options are Disabled,

Compatible, Enhanced.

Conﬁ gure SATA#1 as

This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA#1. The options

are IDE, RAID and AHCI.

ICH RAID CodeBase (Available if RAID is selected above)

Select Intel to enable the Intel SATA Host RAID Utility. Select Adaptec to use the

Adaptec Host RAID Utility. The options are Intel and Adaptec.

SATA#2 Conﬁ guration (Available if IDE is enabled under "Conﬁ gure SATA#1

as" above)

Selecting Enhanced will set SATA#2 to native SATA mode. The options are

Disabled, Enhanced

IDE Detect Timeout (sec)

Use this feature to set the time-out value for the BIOS to detect the ATA, ATAPI

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

35.

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. Hit <Enter> to

activate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items. Set the

correct conﬁ gurations accordingly. The items included in the submenu are:

Type

Select the type of device connected to the system. The options are Not Installed,

Auto, CD/DVD and ARMD.