Asus DSBF-D16/SAS - Manual (Page 86)

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 Mode,
Serial ATA and Parallel ATA devices are auto-detected and placed in native
IDE mode. Set to Enhanced Mode if you are using native OS, such as
Windows ® 2000/XP. When you set this item to Compatible Mode, 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.