Asus DSBF-DM/SAS - Manual (Page 80)

4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Serial ATA: [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA function.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
The following items appear only if you set the SATA Controller Mode Option
item to [Enhanced].
SATA RAID Enable [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA RAID function.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA AHCI Enable [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA AHCI function. WinXP
service pack1+ IAA driver supports AHCI mode.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
• SATA AHCI Enable item appears only when SATA RAID Enable is set to
[Disabled]
• AHCI mode item supports only under Windows environment.
• Due to the driver limitation, you will not find any SATA driver if you install
Fedora core 4.
Native Mode Operation: [Auto]
Allows you to choose the native mode for ATA.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Serial ATA]
The above item appears only when the SATA Controller Mode Option is set to
[Compatible]
SATA Controller Mode Option [Enhanced]
Allows selection of the Serial ATA operation mode depending on the operating
system (OS) that you installed. When you set this item to [Enhanced], Serial
ATA and Parallel ATA devices are auto-detected and placed in native IDE
mode. Set to [Enhanced] if you are using native OS, such as Windows
® 2000/XP. When you set this item to [Compatible], Serial ATA and Parallel
ATA devices are auto-detected and placed in legacy mode. Set this item to
[Compatible] if you are using legacy OS, e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-DOS.
Configuration options: [Compatible] [Enhanced]
When you set the SATA Controller Mode Option item to [Enhanced] or
[Compatible] and disable ACHI/RAID mode, Intel 6321ESB can only support
maximum four hard disk drives. If you set the SATA Controller Mode Option
item to [Enchanced] and enable ACHI or RAID, the chipset can support up to six
hard disk drives.