Abit AW9D-MAX - Manual (Page 57)

BIOS Setup
AW9D-MAX, AW9D 3-21
On-Chip IDE-1 Controller
This item selects whether to enable or disable the IDE-1 controller.
On-Chip SATA Mode
This item determines the mode for on-chip Serial ATA.
[IDE]: The on-chip Serial ATA served as IDE mode.
[RAID]: The on-chip Serial ATA served as RAID mode.
[AHCI]: The on-chip Serial ATA served as AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) mode for
advanced performance and usability.
- SATA RAID ROM
This item allows you to use the boot ROM of on-chip Serial ATA RAID to boot up system.
On-Chip SATA
This item determines the function for on-chip Serial ATA.
[Disabled]: Disable the Serial ATA controller.
[Auto]: Allows the Serial ATA controller to be arranged by BIOS automatically.
[Combined Mode]: Parallel ATA and Serial ATA are combined together. Supports up to 4 IDE
drives.
[Enhanced Mode]: Enable both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA. Supports up to 6 IDE drives.
[SATA Only]: The SATA is operating in legacy mode.
※ This option is configurable only when the item [On-Chip SATA Mode] is set to
[IDE].
Mode
IDE
Channel
1 Master
IDE
Channel
1 Slave
IDE
Channel
2 Master
IDE
Channel
2 Slave
IDE
Channel
3 Master
IDE
Channel
3 Slave
IDE
Channel
4 Master
IDE
Channel
4 Slave
Enhanced
IDE
Master
IDE Slave None None SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4
Combined
IDE
Master
IDE Slave SATA2 SATA4 None None None None
Combined SATA1 SATA3
IDE
Master
IDE Slave None None None None
SATA Only SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 None None None None
※ The option [Enhanced Mode] does not support the Windows 98/ME operating
system.
- PATA IDE Mode
This item determines the function mode for “IDE1”connector.
[IDE-1]: “IDE1” connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. “SATA2”
and “SATA4”connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. The
remaining “SATA1” and “SATA3” connectors are disabled.