Asus DSBF-DM SAS User Manual - Page 80

Serial ATA: [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 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], Serial ATA and Parallel ATA devices are auto‑detected and placed in native IDE mode. Set to [Enhanced] if you are using native OS, such as Windows ® 2000/XP. When you set this item to [Compatible], 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. 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. 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup