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3BIOS Setup
On-Chip Serial ATA Setting
On-Chip Serial ATA
Disabled Disables the onboard SATA.
Auto The system will detect the existing SATA and
IDE drives then automatically set them to the
available master/slave mode.
Combined Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and
SATA drives; allowing a maximum of 4 drives -
1 IDE Master, 1 IDE Slave and 2 SATA. You
must manually set the SATA and PATA drives’
mode in the “PATA IDE Mode” and “SATA
Port” fields.
Enhanced Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and
SATA drives; allowing a maximum of 6 drives -
1 IDE Master, 1 IDE Slave and 4 SATA.
SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives
to Primary Master mode. Since the SATA
drives are in Master mode, you cannot set the
IDE drive to Master mode.
PATA IDE Mode
This field is used to select the function mode for the IDE 1
connector and its relation to the SATA ports.
Primary IDE 1 ser ves as Primary Master and Primar y
Slave channel. SATA 2 and SATA 4 serve as
Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel.
SATA 1 and SATA 3 are disabled.
Secondary IDE 1 ser ves as Secondary Master and
Secondary Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 3
serve as Primar y Master and Primary Slave
channel. SATA 2 and SATA 4 are disabled.