User's Manual
ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 2-7
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.
2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
Allows you to set the system time.
2.3.3 SATA3G_1~4
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. There
is a separate submenu for each SATA device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to
display the SATA device information.
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, LBA/Large
Mode, Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Mode, PIO Mode, DMA Mode, SMART monitoring
and 32Bit Data Transfer). These values are not user-congurable. These items show Not
Detected if no SATA device is installed in the system.
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. Conguration 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. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
Allows you to set the system date.
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Field
Tab Select Field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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M5A78L-M LX3 BIOS Setup
Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit
Use [ENTER], [TAB]
or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a eld.
Use [+] or [-] to
congure system
Time.
System Time [19:34:30]
System Date [Thu 08/14/2011]
SATA3G_1 :[Not Detected]
SATA3G_2 :[Not Detected]
SATA3G_3 :[Not Detected]
SATA3G_4 :[Not Detected]
SATA Conguration
System Information
Main Settings
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