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BIOS Setup
On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE
These fields are used to enable or disable the primary or secondary IDE con-
troller. The default is Enabled. Select Disabled if you want to add a different
hard drive controller.
SATA Mode
IDE
This option configures the Serial ATA drives in IDE mode.
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.
Enhanced Mode
This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives; allowing a maximum
of 6 drives.
SATA Only
This option automatically sets the SATA drives to Primary Master and Second-
ary Master modes. Since both drives are in master mode, you cannot set the
IDE drives to Master mode.
SATA Port Speed Settings
Normal
SATA will run at 1.5Gb/s which is the first generation SATA speed.
Force GEN II
SATA will run at 3Gb/s which is the second generation SATA speed.
PATA IDE Mode and SATA Port
The PATA IDE field is used to select the function mode for the IDE connector
and its relation to the SATA ports.
Primary
IDE serves as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 3
serve as Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel.
Secondary
IDE serves as Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel. SATA 0 and
SATA 2 serve as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel.
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