Advantech PCA-6187 IDE HDD Block Mode, On-Chip IDE Device, On-Chip Serial ATA, 7 Onboard Device

3.6.1 IDE HDD Block Mode

If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. This field is for systems with only SCSI drives.

3.6.2 On-Chip IDE Device

IDE Primary (Secondary) Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode (Auto) Each channel (Primary and Secondary) has both a master and a slave, making four IDE devices possible. Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it is necessary for these to be independent.

The default setting “Auto” will allow auto detection to ensure optimal performance.

3.6.3 On-Chip Serial ATA

Choose the status of serial ATA, the default setting is "Auto" which let system to arrange all parallel and serial ATA resource automatically. The "Disabled" will disable SATA controller. The "Combined Mode" will combine PATA and SATA, and max of 2 IDE drives in each channel. The "Enhanced Mode" will enable both SATA and PATA, and max of 6 IDE drives are supported. The "SATA Only" means SATA is operating in legacy mode.

3.6.4 Serial ATA Port0/Port1 Mode

Select the mode for SATA port0 and SATA port1. The choices are "Pri- mary Master", "Primary Slave", "Secondary Master", "Secondary Slave", "SATA0 Master" and "SATA1 Master".

Figure 3.7: Onboard Device

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