MSI 975X Platinum V User Guide - Page 57

M S-7246 ATX Mainboard SATA Devices Configuration Press to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: SATA Mode, On-Chip Serial ATA These 2 items allow you to select the SATA and the ATA/IDE configuration. For the setting options of SATA Mode, select [IDE] if you want to have SATA as IDE function. Select [AHCI] to allow the SATA to have Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) feature, which supports improved serial ATA disk performance with native command queuing & native hot plug. Select [RAID] to use SATA as RAID function. Setting options: [IDE], [AHCI], [RAID]. For the setting options of On-Chip Serial ATA, select [Disabled] if you want to disable all SATA controllers. Select [Combined Mode] to use the SATA and P-ATA devices but it only supports up to 4 devices. Select [Combined Mode] to use all the SATA and P-ATA devices. Select [Auto] to let the system arrange automatically. Select [SATA Only] to let the SATA operate in legacy mode. Refer to the following tables for details. SATA Only PATA Pri, SATA Sec SATA Pri, PATA Sec PATA Only On-Chip Serial ATA (Combined) [SATA 1/3/2/4] [IDE1, SATA2/4] [SATA1/3, IDE1] [IDE1] IDE AHCI RAID On-Chip Serial ATA (Enhanced) [IDE1, SATA 1/2/3/4] [IDE1, SATA 1/2/3/4] [IDE1, SATA 1/2/3/4], [SATA support RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 10] SATA PORT Speed Settings This item let you to select the compatible SATA Spec version. Setting options: [Disabled], [Force GEN I], [Force GEN II]. PATA IDE Mode This item allows you to select the parallel ATA channel. Setting options:[Primary], [ Sec on dar y] . SATA Port This feature allows users to view the SATA port as primary or secondary channel. 3-14