abit AW9D User Manual

BIOS Setup 

 

AW9D-MAX, AW9D 

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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. 

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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. 

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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.