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BIOS 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;
suppor ting 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.
Primary
IDE serves as Primary Master and Primary
Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 2 serve as
Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel.
Secondary
IDE ser ves as Secondar y Master and
Secondary Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 2
serve as Primary Master and Primary Slave
channel.
