Abit AW8 user manual On-Chip Sata, Sata Port Speed Settings, Pata IDE Mode

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On-Chip SATA:

This item determines the function for on-chip Serial ATA. [Disabled]: Disable the Serial ATA controller.

[Auto]: Allows the Serial ATA controller to be arranged by BIOS automatically.

[Combined Mode]: Parallel ATA and Serial ATA are combined together. Supports up to 4 IDE drives.

[Enhanced Mode]: Enable both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA. Supports up to 6 IDE drives.

[SATA Only]: The SATA is operating in legacy mode.

NOTE: This option is configurable only when the item [On-Chip SATA Mode] is set to [IDE].

Mode	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE
	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel
	1 Master	1 Slave	2 Master	2 Slave	3 Master	3 Slave	4 Master	4 Slave
Enhanced	IDE1	IDE1	None	None	SATA1	SATA3	SATA2	SATA4
	Master	Slave
Combined	IDE1	IDE1	SATA2	SATA4	None	None	None	None
	Master	Slave
SATA Only	SATA1	SATA3	SATA2	SATA4	None	None	None	None

NOTE: The option [Enhanced Mode] does not support the Windows 98/ME operation system.

SATA PORT Speed Settings:

This item selects the mode for SATA PORT.

!PATA IDE Mode:

This item determines the function mode for “IDE1”connector.

[IDE-1]:“IDE1” connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. “SATA2” and “SATA4”connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. The remaining “SATA1” and “SATA3” connectors are disabled.

[IDE-2]:“IDE1” connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. “SATA1” and “SATA3” connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. The remaining “SATA2” and “SATA4” connectors are disabled.

Refer to the following table for the relationships between IDE and SATA ports.

PATA IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE	IDE
	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel	Channel
Mode
	1 Master	1 Slave	2 Master	2 Slave	3 Master	3 Slave	4 Master	4 Slave
Primary	IDE1	IDE1	SATA2	SATA4	None	None	None	None
	Master	Slave
Secondary	SATA1	SATA3	IDE1	IDE1	None	None	None	None
			Master	Slave

NOTE: This option is configurable only when the item [On-Chip SATA] is set to [Combined Mode].

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