5 BIOS setup
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Mixed P-ATA-S-ATA Configuration with only Primary P-ATA
Feature Options Help Text Description
Mixed P-ATA / S-ATA
First ATA
Channel
P-ATA M-S
S-ATA M-S
Configure this
channel to P-ATA
or S-ATA.
P-ATA: Parallel ATA
Primary channel.
S-ATA: Serial ATA.
Defines the S-ATA
device for this chan-
nel. If the Second ATA
is assigned S-ATA, this
option reverts to P-
ATA.
Second ATA
Channel
P-ATA M-S
S-ATA M-S
Configure this
channel to P-ATA
or S-ATA.
P-ATA: Parallel ATA
Primary channel.
S-ATA: Serial ATA.
Defines the S-ATA
device for this chan-
nel. If the First ATA is
assigned S-ATA, this
option reverts to P-
ATA.