DFI NP900-B16C - Manual (Page 53)

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BIOS Setup
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 combine both IDE
and SATA drives; supporting maximum of 2
drives on each channel.
Enhanced 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.
SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives
to Primar y Master mode. Since the SATA
drives are in Master mode, you cannot set the
IDE drive to Master mode.
PATA IDE Mode and SATA Port
This field is used to select the function mode for the IDE connector
and its relation to the SATA ports.
Secondary IDE serves as Secondary Master and Second-
ary Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 2 serve
as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel.