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On-Chip SATA:
This item determines the function for on-chip Serial ATA.
[Disabled]: Disable the Serial ATA controller.
[Auto]: Allows the Serial ATA controller to be arranged by BIOS automatically.
[Combined Mode]: Parallel ATA and Serial ATA are combined together. Supports up to 4 IDE drives.
[Enhanced Mode]: Enable both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA. Supports up to 6 IDE drives.
[SATA Only]: The SATA is operating in legacy mode.
NOTE: This option is configurable only when the item [On-Chip SATA Mode] is set to [IDE].
IDE
Mode
Channel
1 Master
IDE1
Enhanced
Master
IDE1
Combined
Master
SATA Only SATA1
NOTE: The option [Enhanced Mode] does not support the Windows 98/ME operation system.
SATA PORT Speed Settings:
This item selects the mode for SATA PORT.
! PATA IDE Mode:
This item determines the function mode for "IDE1"connector.
[IDE-1]: "IDE1" connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. "SATA2" and
"SATA4"connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. The remaining
"SATA1" and "SATA3" connectors are disabled.
[IDE-2]: "IDE1" connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. "SATA1" and
"SATA3" connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. The remaining "SATA2"
and "SATA4" connectors are disabled.
Refer to the following table for the relationships between IDE and SATA ports.
IDE
PATA IDE
Channel
Mode
1 Master
IDE1
Primary
Master
Secondary SATA1
NOTE: This option is configurable only when the item [On-Chip SATA] is set to [Combined Mode].
AW8 Series
IDE IDE
Channel Channel
1 Slave 2 Master
IDE1
None
Slave
IDE1
SATA2
Slave
SATA3 SATA2
IDE IDE
Channel Channel
1 Slave 2 Master
IDE1
SATA2
Slave
IDE1
SATA3
Master
IDE IDE
Channel Channel
2 Slave 3 Master
None SATA1
SATA4 None
SATA4 None
IDE IDE
Channel Channel
2 Slave 3 Master
SATA4 None
IDE1
None
Slave
IDE IDE
Channel Channel
3 Slave 4 Master
SATA3 SATA2
None None
None None
IDE IDE
Channel Channel
3 Slave 4 Master
None None
None None
Chapter 3
IDE
Channel
4 Slave
SATA4
None
None
IDE
Channel
4 Slave
None
None