Acer Aspire X1301 User Manual

Acer

Aspire X1300/X1301

Service Guide

Service guide files and updates are available on the ACER/CSD web; for more information, please refer to http://csd.acer.com.tw

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Revision History

Please refer to the table below for the updates made on ASX1300 service guide.

Date	Chapter	Updates

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Copyright

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Disclaimer

The information in this guide is subject to change without notice.

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Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

SCREEN	Denotes actual messages that appear on screen.
MESSAGES
NOTE	Gives additional information related to the current topic.
WARNING	Alerts you to any physical risk or system damage that might result from doing
	or not doing specific actions.
CAUTION	Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software
	problems.
IMPORTANT	Reminds you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of
	procedures.

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Service Guide Coverage

This Service Guide provides you with all technical information relating to the BASIC CONFIGURATION decided for Acer's "global" product offering. To better fit local market requirements and enhance product competitiveness, your regional office MAY have decided to extend the functionality of a machine (e.g. add-on card, modem, or extra memory capability). These LOCALIZED FEATURES will NOT be covered in this generic service guide. In such cases, please contact your regional offices or the responsible personnel/channel to provide you with further technical details.

FRU Information

Please note WHEN ORDERING FRU PARTS, that you should check the most up-to-date information available on your regional web or channel. If, for whatever reason, a part number change is made, it will not be noted in the printed Service Guide. For ACER-AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS, your Acer office may have a DIFFERENT part number code to those given in the FRU list of this printed Service Guide. You MUST use the list provided by your regional Acer office to order FRU parts for repair and service of customer machines.

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Table of Contents

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System Tour 1

Features 1

Aspire X1300/X1301 Tour 3

Front Pane 3

Rear Panel 5

Internal Components 6

System LED Indicators 7

System Utilities 9

Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility	9
Entering BIOS setup	10

Navigating Through the Setup Utility 10

Setup Utility Menus 11

System Disassembly 33

Disassembly Requirements 33

Pre-disassembly Procedure 34

Main Unit Disassembly 35

External Modules Disassembly Flowchart 35

Removing the Side Panel 36

Removing the Font Bezel 37

Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 38

Removing the Processor 40

Removing the Optical Drive 42

Removing the Hard Disk Drive 44

Removing the Power Supply 48

Removing the Memory Modules 51

Removing the PCI Card 53

Removing the Front I/O and Card Reader Boards 55

Removing the Mainboard 59

System Troubleshooting 61

Hardware Diagnostic Procedure 61

System Check Procedures 62

Power System Check 62

System External Inspection 62

System Internal Inspection 62

POST Error and Beep Codes 63

Online Support Information 69

System Block Diagram and Board Layout 71

System Block Diagram 71

Board Layout 72

Mainboard 72

System Jumpers 73

FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 75

Aspire X1300/X1301 Exploded Diagram 76

Aspire X1300/X1301 FRU List 77

Technical Specifications 87

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System Tour

Features

Below is a brief summary of the computer’s many feature:

NOTE: The features listed in this section is for your reference only. The exact configuration of the server depends on the model purchased.

Processor

•AMD Athlon LE-1600/1620/1640 processor

•AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core BE-2300/2350/2400 or 4200+/4400+/4800+/5000+/5200+/5600+ processor

•AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 8400/8450/8600/8650 processor

•AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9100e/9150e/9500/9550/9600/9650 processor

•AMD Sempron LE-1250/1300 or 2100 processor

Processor (for Eup)

•AMD Athlon LE-1640/1660 processor

•AMD Athlon 2650e AM2+ processor

•AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2240/2245/2250 processor

•AMD Athlon X3 Triple-Core 3400e/3405e

•AMD Athlon X4 Quad-Core 4600e/4605e

•AMD Phenom X2 Dual-Core 545/550 processor

•AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core 700e/705e/710/720/740 processor

•AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 805/810/820/900e/905e/910/925/945 processor

•AMD Sempron LE-1250/1300 or Sempron Dual Core 2200/2300 processor

Chipset

•NVIDIA nForce MCP78

Memory subsystem

•Supports up to two DDR2-667 registered ECC modules

Media storage

•DVD-ROM SATA drive

•Super-Multi SATA DVD drive

•160 GB SATA hard disk drive

Serial ATA controller

•Embedded SATA2 controller

•Two SATA ports

Networking

•One Gigabit Ethernet LAN port (RJ-45)

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PCI I/O

•One PCI Express x16 bus slot

•One PCI Express x1 bus slot

I/O ports

•Front

•Three USB 2.0 ports

•Memory Stick

•Memory Stick PRO

•Secure Digitial (SD) Card

•miniSD Card

•Headphone/speaker-out/line-out jack

•Microphone-in jack

•CFI/II (CompactFlash Type i/II) slot

•IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)

•Rear

•PS/2 keyboard port

•PS/2 mouse port

•Line-out jack

•Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack

•Rear speaker/surround out jack

•Center speaker/subwoofer jack

•Line-in jack

•S/PDIF port

•Four USB 2.0 ports

•eSATA port

•CRT/LCD monitor port

•HDMI port

•Gigabit LAN ports

•VGA/monitor port

•Two USB 2.0 ports

•Two Ethernet LAN ports (RJ-45)

Operating system and software

•Operating system options:

•Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (32/64-bit)

•Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32/64-bit)

•Applications

•Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eRecovery Management)

•Acer Arcade Live

•McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008 Trial version

•Adobe Reader

•eSobi

•NTI MediaMaker

Power supply

•220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply/220-watts (115/230 Vac) power supply Eup

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Aspire X1300/X1301 Tour

This section is a virtual tour of the ASX1300 system’s interior and exterior components.

Front Pane

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B

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C

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D

H

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F

G

	Item	Icon			Component
	B				Drive bay door
	C				Drive bay door eject button
					Press to open drive bay door and access the optical drive.
	D				Media card reader
	E				USB 2.0 ports

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Item	Icon	Component
F		Headphone/Speaker-out/line-out jack
G		Microphone-in jack
H		CF I/II (CompactFlash Type I/II) slot
I		IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)
J		Power/sleep button

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Rear Panel

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P C

O D

N E

M

E F

G

H

L I

K

J

Item	Icon			Component
A				Expansion slot (Photo shows graphics card and network/modem card)
B				Line-out jack
C				Microphone/speaker-out/line-in jack
D	SPDIF			S/PDIF port
E				USB 2.0 ports
F	ESATA			eSATA port
G				CRT/LCD monitor port
H	HDMI			HDMI port
I				PS2 keyboard port
J				Power connector
K				Voltage selector switch
L				PS2 mouse port
M				Gigabit LAN port (10/100/1000 Mbps)
N				Rear speaker/surround out jack
O				Keyhole
P				Center speaker/subwoofer jack
Q				Line-in jack

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Internal Components

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B

C

D

E

Item Component

AExpansion card

BMainboard

COptical drive

DHeat sink fan assembly

EPower supply

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System LED Indicators

This section describes the different system LED indicators.

	LED indicator	Color	LED status	Description
	Power	Green	On	The system has AC power and is powered on.
		Green	Blinking	The system is in standby mode.
		—	Off	System is not powered on.
	HDD activity	Green	On	HDD is installed and functioning correctly.
		Green	Blinking	Ongoing HDD activity.
		Green/	Flashing	HDD is rebuilding data.
		Amber
		Amber	On	HDD failure
	LAN port	Amber	On	GbE link network access
	network speed
		Green	On	100 Mbps link network access
	LED (left)
		—	Off	10 Mbps link network access
	LAN port	Green	On	Active network link
	network
			Blinking	Ongoing network data activity
	connection LED
			Off	Off-line network
	(right)

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System Utilities

Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility

BIOS setup is a hardware configuration program built into the system's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). Since most systems are already properly configured and optimized, there is no need to run this utility. You will need to run this utility under the following conditions.

•When changing the system configuration settings

•When redefining the communication ports to prevent any conflicts

•When modifying the power management configuration

•When changing the password or making other changes to the security setup

•When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are prompted ("Run Setup" message) to make changes to the BIOS setup

NOTE: If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages, the battery may be bad. In this case, the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS. Ask a qualified technician for assistance.

BIOS setup loads the configuration values in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM. This memory area is not part of the system RAM which allows configuration data to be retained when power is turned off.

Before you run the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility, make sure that you have saved all open files. The system reboots immediately after you close the Setup.

NOTE: PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility will be simply referred to as "Setup" or "Setup utility" in this guide.

The screenshots used in this guide display default system values. These values may not be the same those found in your system.

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Entering BIOS setup

1.Turn on the server and the monitor.

If the server is already turned on, close all open applications, then restart the server.

2.During POST, press Delete.

If you fail to press Delete before POST is completed, you will need to restart the server.

The Setup Main menu will be displayed showing the Setup’s menu bar. Use the left and right arrow keys to move between selections on the menu bar.

Navigating Through the Setup Utility

Use the following keys to move around the Setup utility.

•Left and Right arrow keys – Move between selections on the menu bar.

•Up and Down arrow keys – Move the cursor to the field you want.

•PgUp and PgDn keys – Move the cursor to the previous and next page of a multiple page menu.

•Home – Move the cursor to the first page of a multiple page menu.

•End – Move the cursor to the last page of a multiple page menu.

•+ and - keys – Select a value for the currently selected field (only if it is user-configurable). Press these keys repeatedly to display each possible entry, or the Enter key to choose from a pop-up menu.

NOTE: Grayed-out fields are not user-configurable.

•Enter key – Display a submenu screen. NOTE: Availability of submenu screen is indicated by a (>).

•Esc – If you press this key:

q On one of the primary menu screens, the Exit menu displays. q On a submenu screen, the previous screen displays.

qWhen you are making selections from a pop-up menu, closes the pop-up without making a selection.

•F1 – Display the BIOS setup General Help panel.

•F5 – Press to load previous default system values.

•F6 – Press to load fail-safe default system values.

•F7 – Press to load optimized default system values.

•F10 – Save changes made the Setup and close the utility.

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Setup Utility Menus

The tabs on the Setup menu bar correspond to the six primary BIOS Setup menus, namely:

•Product Information

•Standard CMOS Features

•Advanced BIOS Features

•Advanced Chipset Features

•Integrated Peripherals

•Power Management Setup

•PnP/PCI Configurations

•PC Health Status

•Load Default Settings

•Set Supervisor Password

•Set User Password

•Save & Exit Setup

•Exit Without Saving

In the descriptive table following each of the menu screenshots, settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings.

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Product Information

The Product Information menu displays basic information about the system. These entries are for your reference only and are not user-configurable.

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Standard CMOS Features

Parameter	Description	Option
Date	Set the date following the weekday-month-day-year format.
Time	Set the system time following the hour-minute-second format.
Halt On	Determines whether the system will stop for an error during the POST.	All, But Keyboard
		No Errors
		All Errors
		All, But Diskette
		All, But Disk/Key
Base Memory	Also called conventional memory. Typically, 640 KB will be reserved for the MS-DOS OS.
Extended Memory	Total size of extended memory detected during POST
Total Memory	Total size of system memory detected during POST

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Advanced BIOS Features

Parameter	Description	Option
CPU Feature	Press Enter to configure the CPU Virtualization and AMD K8 Cool and Quiet Control features.
Hard Disk Boot Priority	Press Enter to select hard disk boot device priority.
Virus Warning	Specifies the virus warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection.	Disabled
	If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen or an alarm	Enabled
	beep when someone attempts to write data into this area.
CPU Internal Cache	Enables or disables CPU internal cache.	Enabled
		Disabled
External Cache	Enables or disables internal cache.	Enabled
		Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test	Allows the system to skip certain test while booting. This will decrease the	Enabled
	time needed to boot the system.	Disabled
First/Second/Third/Fourth	Specifies the boot order from the available devices.	CDROM, Hard
Boot Device		Disk, NVIDIA
		Boot Age,
		Floppy,
		ZIP, USB-FDD,
		USB-ZIP, USB-
		CDROM, USB-
		HDD, Legacy
		LAN, Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek	Enables or disables floppy drive testing to determine whether they have 40	Disabled
	to 80 tracks.	Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status	Selects power on state for Num Lock.	On
		Off
Gate A20 Option	When set to fast, the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate	Fast
	A20. But when set to normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate	Normal
	A20.
Typematic Rate Setting	When enabled, you can manually adjust the settings using the two typematic	Disabled
	controls (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If disabled, the BIOS	Enabled
	will use the default setting.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)	Rate at which the keyboard will repeat the keystroke if you press it	6, 8, 10, 12, 15,
	continuously.	20, 24, 30
Typematic Delay (MSec)	Delay, in Msec, before the keyboard automatically repeats the keystroke that	250, 500, 750,
	you have pressed continuously.	1000

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Parameter	Description	Option
Security Option	When set to system, BIOS will ask for the password each time the system	Setup
	boots up.	System
	If set to setup, the password is only required for access into the BIOS setup
	menus.
MPS Version Control For	Specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the	1.4
OS	mainboard will use.	1.1
OS Select For DRAM > 64	Select OS/2 if the system is running OS/2 operating system and the system	Non-OS/2
MB	memory is more than 64 MB in size.	OS/2
Full Screen Logo Show	Enables or disables the display of the full screen boot logo.	Enabled
		Disabled
Small Logo (EPA) Show	Enables or disables the display of the EPA logo.	Disabled
		Enabled

CPU Feature

Parameter	Description	Option
Virtualization	Select whether to enable or disable the AMD Virtualization Technology (VT)	Enabled
	function. VT allows a single platform to run multiple operating systems in	Disabled
	independent partitions.
AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control	When set to auto, the AMD Cool’n’Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU	Disabled
	clock and VIA to reduce heat output from your computer and its power	Auto
	consumption.

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Hard Disk Boot Priority

The Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu allows you to specify the sequence of loading the OS from the installed hard drives. Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive, then press the <+> key or the <-> key to move it up or down on the list. l

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Advanced Chipset Features

Parameter	Description	Option
Hyper SLI	Enable or disable the Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology.	Disabled
		Enabled
iGPU Frame Buffer Control	When set to auto, BIOS will automatically setup the frame buffer size.	Auto
	When set to manual, you can set the frame buffer size. Frame buffer	Manual
	size is the total amount of system memory allocated solely for the
	onboard graphics controller.
Frame Buffer Size	This parameter can be configured if the iGPU Frame Buffer Control is	64, 16, 32, 128,
	set to Manual.	256 MB
CPU Frequency	Sets processor minimum and maximum frequency.	200
		Minimum 100
		Maximum 500
KB<->NB HT Speed	Controls the physical speed of the processor to the Northbridge HT link.	Auto
		200, 400, 600, 800
		MHz, 1 GHz
KB<->NB HT Width	Controls the processor to the Northbridge link bandwidth.	Auto
		Up 8/16
		Down 8/16
PCIE Clock	Sets the PCI Express clock frequency.	100
		Minimum 100
		Maximum 200
DRAM Configuration	Press Enter to configure memory timing and operation settings.
CPU Spread Spectrum	Allows you to reduce the EMI of the front side bus by modulating the	Disabled
	signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.	-0.5%, 1.0%
PCIE Spread Spectrum	Allows you to reduce the EMI of the PCI Express bus by modulating the	Disabled
	signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.	Down Spread
	When set to down spread, the chipset modulates the PCI Express bus'
	baseline signal downwards by a small amount.
	When set to disabled, the chipset disables any modulation of the PCI
	Express bus' baseline signal.
SATA Spread Spectrum	Allows you to reduce the EMI of the SATA bus by modulating the	Disabled
	signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves.	Down Spread
	When set to down spread, the chipset modulates the SATA bus'
	baseline signal downwards by a small amount.
	When set to disabled, the chipset disables any modulation of the SATA
	bus' baseline signal.

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Parameter	Description	Option
iGPU Spread Spectrum	Allows you to set the integrated GPU spread spectrum.	50 Triangular Cntr
		100/200/300
		Triangular Cntr
SSE/SSE2 Instructions	Enables or disables the processor’s SSE and SSE2 instruction sets.	Enabled
		Disabled
MCP78 PCIE Training	Cards supporting Gen2 mode will be trained in Gen2 mode.	Gen2 if supported
		Only Gen1
System BIOS cacheable	Enables or disables the caching of the mainboard BIOS ROM from	Disabled
	F0000h to FFFFFh by the processor’s Level 2 cache.	Enabled

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DRAM Configuration

Parameter	Description	Option
Timing Mode	When set to auto mode, the system reads the electronic data sheet of the	Auto
	memory modules and adjusts the timings accordingly.	MaxMemClk
	When set to MaxMemClk, you can manually specify the memory clock
	frequency independent of the system bus frequency.
Memory Clock value or Limit	Displays the current memory clock frequency.
CKE base power down	All synchronous memory devices can go into sleep mode as soon as the	Disabled
mode	clock enable (CKE) signal is disasserted. In that case, the internal clocks are	Enabled
	disabled and the memory chip goes into auto-refresh mode which is the
	lowest power state at which the memory retains data.
	If then power is turned off, the device will lose all data, however, as long as
	standby power is maintained, no data loss will occur.
CKE based power down	Sets the CKE power saving through disasserting clock enable using system	Per Channel
	level or per channel basis.	Per CS
Memclock tri-stating	Enables or disables the memory clock tri-stating during C3 an Alt VD	Disabled
	feature.	Memclock tri-
		stating during
		C3 and Alt VD
Memory Hole Remapping	Enables or disables memory remapping around the memory hole.	Enabled
		Disabled
Auto Optimize Bottom IO	Allows you to auto optimize maximal memory size when kernel assigns PCI	Enabled
	Resources.	Disabled
Bottom of UMA DRAM	Allows you to enter a HEX number ranging from 0000 to 00F0.	Minimim 0000
[31:24] [FC]		Maximum 00FC

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Integrated Peripherals

Parameter	Description	Option
IDE Function Setup	Press Enter to access the IDE Function Setup submenu.
MCP Storage Config	Press Enter to access the MCP Storage Config submenu.
Init Display First	Select whether to boot the system using the AGP graphic card or a PCI	PCIEx
	card installed on the PCI Express slot or PCI slot.	PCI Slot
		Onboard
HD Audio	Enables or disables the onboard audio controller.	Auto
		Disabled
HDMI Audio	Allows you to control the audio function of the onboard HDMI.	Disabled
		Auto
MAC LAN	Enables or disables the built-in network interface card.	Auto
		Disabled
IDE HDD Block Mode	When enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk	Enabled
	supports block transfers and set the proper block transfer settings for it.	Disabled
	Depending on the IDE controller, up to 64 KB of data can be transferred
	per interrupt when block transfers are enabled.
	When disabled, only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt.
Onboard Serial Port 1	Select the I/O address and IRQ for the first serial port.	3F8/IRQ4
		2F8/IRQ3
		3E8/IRQ4
		2E8/IRQ3
		Auto
		Disabled
Onboard Parallel Port	Select the I/O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port.	378/IRQ7
		278/IRQ5
		3BC/IRQ7
		Disabled
Parallel Port Mode	Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port.	SPP
		EPP
		ECP
		ECP+EPP
ECPM Mode Use DMA	Select DMA channel for the LPT port in ECP mode. This parameter can	3
	be configured if the parallel port mode is set to ECP or ECP +EPP	1
	mode.
USB Device Setting	Press Enter to access the USB Device Setting submenu.

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IDE Function Setup

	Parameter	Description	Option
	OnChip IDE Channel 0	Enables or disables the first IDE channel.	Enabled
			Disabled
	Primary Master PIO		Auto
			Mode 0
			Mode 1
			Mode 2
		When set to Auto, BIOS setup automatically detects if the installed hard	Mode 3
		disk supports the function. If supported, it allows for faster data recovery and	Mode 4
		read/write timing that reduces hard disk activity time. This results in better
	Primary Slave PIO		Auto
		hard disk performance. Mode 0 to 4 provide progressive increase of
			Mode 0
		performance.
			Mode 1
			Mode 2
			Mode 3
			Mode 4
	Primary Master UDMA		Auto
		Enables or disables the primary and master UDMA mode	Disabled
	Primary Slave UDMA		Auto
			Disabled
	IDE DMA Transfer	Enables or disables DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfers for all IDE	Enabled
		drives.	Disabled
	Serial-ATA Controller	Enables or disables the serial ATA controller.	Enabled
			Disabled
	IDE Prefetch Mode	Enables or disables the IDE controller to prefetch data from the IDE drive.	Enabled
			Disabled

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MCP Storage Config

Parameter	Description	Option
SATA Operation Mode	Select a SATA operation mode.	AHCI
		IDE
		RAID
		Linux AHCI
SATA 0 -- Port 1 ~ 6	Enables or disables the SATA RAID on ports 1 to 6.	Disabled
	This parameter can be configured if the SATA Operation Mode is set to	Enabled
	RAID
SATA SALP Feature	Select a Supports Aggressive Link Power Management (SALP) feature.	Off
		Partial
		Slumber

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