Asus P5WDG2 WS Professional User Manual page 91

If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. For details on AHCI, go to:
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012305.htm
The SATA controller is set to Native mode when this item is set to [RAID]
or [AHCI]
The Onboard IDE Operate Mode and its sub-menu items appear only
when the Configure SATA As item is set to [Standard IDE].
Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]
Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed
operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you are using OS
supporting native mode, including Windows
options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode]
If you are using a Serial ATA optical drive, set this item to [Compatible
Mode] before creating a boot disk using the support CD.
Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]
Allows you to use OS supporting native mode on Serial ATA and
Parallel ATA ports. It is recommend that you do not change the
default setting for better OS compatibility. In this setting, you may
use legacy OS on the Parallel ATA ports only if you do not install any
Serial ATA device.
The P-ATA+S-ATA and P-ATA options are for advanced users only.
If you set to any of these options and encountered problems, revert
to the default setting S-ATA. Configuration options: [S-ATA+P-ATA]
[S-ATA] [P-ATA]
Combined Mode Option [Primary P-ATA +S-ATA]
Allows you to choose the IDE ports to be used.
Configuration options: [Primary P-ATA +S-ATA] [S-ATA only]
[P-ATA only]
The [S-ATA only] and [P-ATA only] options are for advanced users
only. If you set to any of these options and encounter problems,
revert to the default setting [Primary P-ATA+S-ATA].
The Combined Mode Option item appears when you set the Onboard IDE
Operate Mode to [Compatible Mode].
ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP
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