PCA-6190 User’s Manual 423.6.3 On-Chip IDE DeviceIDE Primary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode (Auto). The channel hasboth a master and a slave, making four IDE devices possible. Becausetwo IDE devices may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it isnecessary for these to be independent. The default setting “Auto” willallow auto detection to ensure optimal performance.3.6.4 SATA ModeThe setting choices for the SATA Mode are IDE, RAID and AHCI Mode.Select [IDE] if you want to have SATA function as IDE. Select [AHCI]for Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) feature, with improvedSATA performance with native command queuing. Select [RAID] to useSATA as RAID function. RAID function is supported on the board if ituses ICH6R. Otherwise, it is not supported.3.6.5 On-Chip Serial ATAChoose the status of serial ATA, the default setting is "Auto" which letsystem to arrange all parallel and serial ATA resource automatically. The"Disabled" will disable SATA controller. The "Combined Mode" willcombine PATA and SATA, and max of 2 IDE drives in each channel.The "Enhanced Mode" will enable both SATA and PATA, and maxes of6 IDE drives are supported. The "SATA Only" means SATA is operatingin legacy mode.3.6.6 PATA IDE ModeThis item allows you to select the parallel ATA channel. Setting optionsare Primary and Secondary.3.6.7 SATA PortThis feature allows users to view the SATA port as primary or secondarychannel. If PATA IDE Mode is set to “Primary,” it will display “P1, P3Secondary” which means that SATA2 and SATA4 are secondary. IfPATA IDE Mode is set to “Secondary,” it will display “P0, P2 Second-ary” which means that SATA1 and SATA3 are secondary.
