abit si-2ns441 Manual
BIOS Setup
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IDE Bus Master
This option enables or disables the IDE bus mastering capability under the DOS
environment.
environment.
Onboard IDE-1 Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard IDE-1 controller.
Onboard IDE-2 Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard IDE-2 controller.
On-Chip Serial ATA
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.
up to 4 IDE drives.
[Enhanced Mode]: Enable both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA. Supports up to 6 IDE
drives.
drives.
Serial ATA 1 Mode / Serial ATA 2 Mode:
This item determines the function mode for SATA1 and SATA 2 Port. Both SATA1
and SATA2 will be served each as one single IDE connector after selected as the
following modes:
and SATA2 will be served each as one single IDE connector after selected as the
following modes:
Mode
Serial ATA
Port 1 (SATA1)
Serial ATA
Port 2 (SATA2)
Description
IDE-3 Master
IDE-4 Master
• SATA1 serves as IDE-3 Master
• SATA2 serves as IDE-4 Master
• OnChip IDE-1 and IDE-2
controller enabled
Enhanced
IDE-4 Master
IDE-3 Master
• SATA1 serves as IDE-4 Master
• SATA2 serves as IDE-3 Master
• OnChip IDE-1 and IDE-2
controller enabled
Combined
IDE-1 Master
IDE-1 Slave
• SATA1 serves as IDE-1 Master
• SATA2 serves as IDE-1 Slave
• OnChip IDE-1 controller disabled
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