Asus M4A785TD-V EVO U3S6: 2.3 Main menu

2.3 Main menu

When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an

overview of the basic system information.

Refer to section 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and

how to navigate through them.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit

Main Settings

Use [ENTER], [TAB]

System Time [07:32:23]

or [SHIFT-TAB] to

System Date [Tue 01/01/2002]

select a eld.

Primary IDE Master :[Not Detected]

Use [+] or [-] to

Primary IDE Slave :[Not Detected]

congure system

SATA1 :[Not Detected]

Time.

SATA2 :[Not Detected]

SATA3 :[Not Detected]

SATA5 :[Not Detected]

SATA6 :[Not Detected]

E-SATA :[Not Detected]

SATA Conguration

Select Screen

Select Item

+-

Change Field

System Information

Tab Select Field

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]

Allows you to set the system time.

2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]

Allows you to set the system date.

2.3.3 Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA 1/2/3/5/6, ESATA

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE/SATA devices.

There is a separate submenu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device item then press

<Enter> to display the IDE/SATA device information.

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size,

LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These

values are not user-congurable. These items show Not Detected if no IDE/SATA device is

installed in the system.

Type [Auto]

Selects the type of IDE/SATA drive. Setting this item to [Auto] allows automatic selection of

the appropriate IDE/SATA device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specically conguring a

CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a

ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Conguration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]

This item only appears in the Primary IDE Master/Slave and SATA5/6 menus.

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LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting this item to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the

device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode

disabled. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]

Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When this item is set to [Auto], the data

transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-

sector transfer feature. When this item is set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the

device occurs one sector at a time. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

PIO Mode [Auto]

Selects the PIO mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

DMA Mode [Auto]

Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto]

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.

Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.3.4 SATA Conguration

The SATA Conguration menu allows you to congure your storage devices. Select an item

then press <Enter> to display the submenu.

OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]

Enables or disables OnChip SATA Channel. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

OnChip SATA Type [SATA]

This item appears only when you set the OnChip SATA Channel item to [Enabled]. It allows

you to set the OnChip SATA type. Conguration options: [SATA] [RAID] [AHCI]

When this item is set to [AHCI], only SATA 1/2/3 and ESATA can be detected. Ensure to

install the AHCI driver, so that you can use SATA 1/2/3/5/6 and ESATA in AHCI mode under

OS.

2.3.5 System Information

This menu gives you an overview of the general system specications. The BIOS

automatically detects the items in this menu.

BIOS Information

Displays the auto-detected BIOS information.

Processor

Displays the auto-detected CPU specication.

System Memory

Displays the auto-detected system memory.

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