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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA]
Set to [P-ATA+S-ATA] if you wish to use both Parallel ATA and Serial
ATA ports under a native OS.
Set to [P-ATA] to use Parallel ATA under a native OS and Serial ATA
under legacy OS.
Set to [S-ATA] to use Serial ATA under a native OS and Parallel ATA
under a legacy OS.
Configuration options: [P-ATA+S-ATA] [S-ATA] [P-ATA]
The Enhanced Mode Support On appears only when the item
Onboard IDE Operate Mode is set to Enhanced Mode.
IDE Port Settings [Primary P-ATA+S-ATA]
Allows selection of the IDE ports to activate if you are using a legacy
operating system. Set to [Primary P-ATA+S-ATA] if you wish to use the
primary Parallel ATA and Serial ATA ports, or set to [Secondary
P-ATA+SATA] to enable the secondary P-ATA port instead. Setting to
[P-ATA Ports Only] disables the two Serial ATA ports supported by
ICH5. Configuration options: [Primary P-ATA+S-ATA] [Secondary
P-ATA+S-ATA] [P-ATA Ports Only]
The IDE Port Settings appears only when the item Onboard IDE
Operate Mode is set to Compatible Mode.
IDE Detect Time Out [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. Confgiuration
options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
Refer to the section “Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations”
on page 2-24 for the appropriate settings of the IDE Configuration
items under different operating systems.