Asus P5GPL-X SE Motherboard Installation Guide - Page 63

Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] Disables or allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you are using native OS including Windows® 2000/XP. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode] Enhanced Mode Support On [S-ATA] Allows you to use native OS on Serial ATA and Parallel ATA ports. It is recommend that you do not change the default setting for better OS compatibility. In this setting, you may use legacy OS on the Parallel ATA ports only if you do not install any Serial ATA device. The P-ATA+S-ATA and P-ATA options are for advanced users only. If you set to any of these options and encountered problems, revert to the default setting S-ATA. Configuration options: [S-ATA+P-ATA] [S‑ATA] [P-ATA] Compatible Mode Option [Primary P-ATA +S-ATA] Allows you to choose the IDE ports to be used. Configuration options: [Primary P-ATA +S-ATA] [S-ATA only] [P-ATA only] The S-ATA and P-ATA options are for advanced users only. If you set to any of these options and encounter problems, revert to the default setting [Secondary P-ATA+S-ATA]. Configuration options: [S-ATA only] [P-ATA only] [P-ATA+S-ATA] The Combined Mode Option item appears only when the Onboard IDE Operate Mode item is set to [Compatible Mode]. The Onboard IDE Operate Mode and its sub-menu items appear only when the Configure SATA As item is set to [Standard IDE]. IDE Detect Time Out [35] Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P5GPL-X SE 2-17