Asus PSCH-SR/SCSI - Manual (Page 78)

4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
*** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting ***
On-Chip Serial ATA [Disabled]
SATA Mode IDE
Serial ATA Port0 Mode SATA0 master
Serial ATA Port1 Mode SATA1 master
SATA Configuration
Item Specific Help
[Disabled]: Disable
SATA Controller.
[Auto]: Auto-arrange
the BIOS.
[Combined Mode]: PATA
and SATA are combined.
Max. of 2 IDE drives
on each channel.
[Enhanced Mode]:
Enable both SATA and
PATA. Max. of 6 IDE
drives are supported.
[SATA Only]: SATA is
opeating in legacy
mode.
Select Menu
SATA Configuration
***On-Chip Serial ATA Setting***
The SATA Mode and Serial ATA Port0 Mode items are configurable
only when the On-Chip Serial ATA item is set to [ Combined Mode]
[Enhanced Mode] or [SATA Only].
On-chip Serial ATA [Disabled]
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 IDE devices
on any of the parallel ATA channels, and one IDE device on each
serial ATA channel for a maximum of four devices. Use ths option
when you installed a legacy operating system like MS-DOS, Windows
ME/98/NT4.0.
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 on each channel. Use ths option when you installed a native
operating system like Windows 2000/XP.
d. Setting to [SATA Only] allows you to install IDE devices on the Serial
ATA channels only.