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BIOS Setup
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
This field is used to enable or disable the primary IDE controller. The
default is Enabled. Select Disabled if you want to add a different
hard drive controller.
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 combine both IDE
and SATA drives; supporting maximum of 2
drives on each channel.
Enhanced 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.
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 of the IDE connector
and its relation to the SATA ports.
Primary
IDE 1 serves as Primary Master and Primary Slave
channel. SATA 1 and SATA 3 serve as Secondary
Master and Secondary Slave channel. SATA 0 and
SATA 2 are disabled.
Secondary
IDE 1 serves as Secondary Master and Secondary
Slave channel. SATA 0 and SATA 2 serve as Primary
Master and Primar y Slave channel. SATA 1 and
SATA 3 are disabled.
SATA Port
If the “PATA IDE Mode” field is set to Primary, this field will show
“P1, P3 is Secondary”; meaning SATA 1 and SATA 3 are Secondary.
