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BIOS Setup
IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/
Slave UDMA
These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is
selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking
your hard drive or CD-ROM.
Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for
you.
Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories.
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. You
must manually set the SATA and PATA drives’
mode in the “PATA IDE Mode” and “SATA
Port” fields.
Enhanced Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and
SATA drives; allowing a maximum of 6 drives -
1 IDE Master, 1 IDE Slave and 4 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 for the IDE 1
connector and its relation to the SATA ports.
Primary IDE 1 serves as Primary Master and Primary
Slave channel. SATA 2 and SATA 4 serve as
Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel.
SATA 1 and SATA 3 are disabled.