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IDE Configuration CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. IDE Configuration IDE Configuration Help Item OnBoard PCI IDE Controller [Enabled] Disabled: Disable the OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled] IDE controller. OnChip SATA Type [Native IDE] Enabled: Enable the SATA IDE Combined Mode [Enabled] IDE controller. 3 Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F9:Optimized Defaults ► OnBoard PCI IDE Controller [Disabled]: Disable the integrated IDE controller. [Enabled]: Enable the integrated IDE controller. ► OnChip SATA Channel [Disabled] : Disable SATA controller. [Enabled] : Enable SATA controller. ► OnChip SATA Type This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. Options : [Native IDE]; [RAID]; [AHCI]; [Legacy IDE]. [Native IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode. [RAID] - When you enable RAID, it means all your SATA drives must also support AHCI. [AHCI] - The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA. The specification includes a description of the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware. AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specification. If you have a SATA device which supports AHCI, then you can select IDE option to have fair performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can select AHCI to get its best performance. [Legacy IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support legacy IDE mode which is running for old Windows system . ► SATA IDE Combined Mode [Enable]: SATA5 and SATA6 support IDE mode only, and onboard PCI IDE controller must be enabled. [Disable]: SATA5 and SATA6 support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. 36