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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
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.
You must manually set the SATA drives’ mas-
ter/slave mode in the “Serial ATA Port0 Mode”
and “Serial ATA Port1 Mode” fields.
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 Secondary Master
modes. Since both drives are in master mode,
you cannot set the IDE drives to Master mode.
The “Serial ATA Port0 Mode” and “Serial ATA
Port1 Mode” fields will not be configurable.
Serial ATA Port0 Mode and Serial ATA Port1 Mode
These fields are used to select the master/slave mode of the serial
ATA drives. Make sure they do not conflict with the settings of the
IDE hard drives.