SATA Configuration

SATA Configuration

*** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting ***

On-Chip Serial ATA

[Auto]

SATA Mode

IDE

Serial

ATA Port0 Mode

SATA0 master

Serial

ATA Port1 Mode

SATA1 master

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

[Disabled]: Disable SATA Controller. [Auto]: Auto-arrange the BIOS.

[Combined Mode]: PATA and SATA are combined. Max. of 2 IDE drives on each channel. [Enhanced Mode]: Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 6 IDE drives are supported. [SATA Only]: SATA is opeating in legacy mode.

**On-Chip Serial ATA Setting

The items SATA Mode, Serial ATA Port0 Mode, and Serial ATA Port1 Mode are not configurable when the On-Chip Serial ATA item is set to [Disabled].

On-chip Serial ATA [Auto]

This item allows you to configure your serial ATA devices if present. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] [Combined Mode] [Enhanced Mode] [SATA Only]

Setting the On-chip Serial ATA item to [Auto] or [Enhanced Mode] enables the items Third IDE Master and Fourth IDE Master in the Main menu. See page 4-14 for more information.

a.Setting to [Auto] allows BIOS to automatically configure the SATA devices.

b.Setting to [Combined Mode] allows you to install parallel ATA and serial ATA devices at the same time. You may install two IDE devices on any of the parallel ATA channels, and one IDE device on each serial ATA channel for a maximum of four devices.

c.Setting to [Enhanced Mode] allows you to install Parallel ATA and Serial ATA devices at the same time, with a maximum of six IDE devices on each channel.

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup