Asus M2V-MX SE - IDE Configuration

2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup
2.3.6 IDE Conguration
The items in this menu allow you to set or change the congurations for the IDE
devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you wish to
congure the item.
IDE Conguration
Parallel ATA IDE Controller [Both]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Parallel ATA IDE Controller [Both]
Disables or allows selection of the IDE controller. Sets to Primary to enable the primary
IDE controller only. Sets to Secondary to enable the secondary IDE controller only.
Sets to Both to enable both the primary and secondary IDE controllers. Conguration
options: [Disabled] [Primary] [Secondary] [Both]
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
Disables or enables the devices write protection. This will be effective only when
the device is accessed through BIOS. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
IDE Detect Time Out [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.
Conguration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1]
[SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2]
[UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Conguration
options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]