SATA Configuration

SATA Configuration

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

On-Chip Serial ATA

[Disabled]

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 SATA Mode and Serial ATA Port0 Mode items are configurable only when the On-Chip Serial ATA item is set to [ Combined Mode] [Enhanced Mode] or [SATA Only].

On-chip Serial ATA [Disabled]

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

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. Use ths option when you installed a legacy operating system like MS-DOS, Windows ME/98/NT4.0.

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. Use ths option when you installed a native operating system like Windows 2000/XP.

d.Setting to [SATA Only] allows you to install IDE devices on the Serial ATA channels only.

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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup