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Chapter 5: BIOS setup
**On-Chip Serial ATA Setting
On-chip Serial ATA [Auto]
This item allows you to configure your serial ATA devices if present.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] [Combined Mode] [Enhanced
Mode] [SATA Only]
a. Setting to [Auto] allows BIOS to automatically configure the SATA
devices.
b. Setting to [Combined Mode] allows you to install parallel ATA and
serial ATA devices at the same time. You may install two PATA
devices on any of the parallel ATA channels, and one SATA device
on each serial ATA channel for a maximum of four IDE devices.
c. Setting to [Enhanced Mode] allows you to install parallel ATA and
serial ATA devices at the same time, with a maximum of six IDE
devices.
d. Setting to [SATA Only] allows you to install SATA devices on the Serial
ATA channels only.
e. Setting to [Disabled] disables the onboard SATA controller. The RAID
feature is also disabled.
The configuration options for the items Serial ATA Port0 Mode and
Serial ATA Port1 Mode vary depending on the On-chip Serial ATA and
SATA Mode settings.
For more information, refer to the “Parallel and Serial ATA hard disk
configurations” on the next page.
SATA Mode [IDE]
When set to [RAID], this item allows configuration of the installed SATA
devices into a disk array. See Chapter 5 for information on RAID
configuration. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID]
Serial ATA Port0 Mode [Primary Master]
Serial ATA Port1 Mode [Primary Slave]
Allow you to set the SATA Port0 and Serial ATA Port1 modes. The options
for these items vary depending on the setting of the On-Chip Serial ATA
item. Configuration options: [Primary Master] [Primary Slave] [Secondary
Master] [Secondary Slave] [SATA0 Master] [SATA1 Master]