What do the "ATA/IDE Configuration" options in ASUS motherboard BIOS?
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It appears that I'm not the only one with such question, but Googling revealed nothing. For many contemporary ASUS (maybe other manufacturers too?) motherboards there is a setting in BIOS called "ATA/IDE Configuration", which has three options - Disabled, Compatible and Enhanced. If you choose "Enh…
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You can tell by looking in your OS' device list. If the device is attached to an IDE channel, it's not running in AHCI mode. Enhanced/SATA allows you to map SATA devices to IDE, so operating systems without AHCI support can still make use of the dis…
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