User manual ABIT AW8

[. . . ] AW8 Series (AW8, AW8-MAX) Intel Pentium 4 System Board Socket 775 User's Manual 4200-0454-03 Rev. 1. 01 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. [. . . ] On-Chip IDE-1 Controller: This item selects whether to enable or disable the IDE-1 controller. On-Chip SATA Mode: This item determines the mode for on-chip Serial ATA. [IDE]: The on-chip Serial ATA served as IDE mode. [RAID]: The on-chip Serial ATA served as RAID mode. [AHCI]: The on-chip Serial ATA served as AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) mode for advanced performance and usability. NOTE: The [RAID] option is only available when the item "On-Chip SATA" is set to [Enhanced Mode]. User's Manual 3-18 Chapter 3 On-Chip SATA: This item determines the function for on-chip Serial ATA. [Disabled]: Disable the Serial ATA controller. [Auto]: Allows the Serial ATA controller to be arranged by BIOS automatically. [Combined Mode]: Parallel ATA and Serial ATA are combined together. [Enhanced Mode]: Enable both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA. [SATA Only]: The SATA is operating in legacy mode. NOTE: This option is configurable only when the item [On-Chip SATA Mode] is set to [IDE]. IDE IDE IDE IDE IDE IDE IDE IDE Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel 1 Master 1 Slave 2 Master 2 Slave 3 Master 3 Slave 4 Master 4 Slave IDE1 IDE1 Enhanced None None SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 Master Slave IDE1 IDE1 Combined SATA2 SATA4 None None None None Master Slave SATA Only SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4 None None None None Mode NOTE: The option [Enhanced Mode] does not support the Windows 98/ME operation system. SATA PORT Speed Settings: This item selects the mode for SATA PORT. PATA IDE Mode: This item determines the function mode for "IDE1"connector. [IDE-1]: "IDE1" connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. "SATA2" and "SATA4"connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. The remaining "SATA1" and "SATA3" connectors are disabled. [IDE-2]: "IDE1" connector served as [Secondary Master] and [Secondary Slave] channel. "SATA1" and "SATA3" connector served as [Primary Master] and [Primary Slave] channel. The remaining "SATA2" and "SATA4" connectors are disabled. Refer to the following table for the relationships between IDE and SATA ports. [. . . ] They will be more familiar with local conditions and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services. Due to the huge number of emails coming in every day and other reasons, such as the time required for problem reproduction, we will not be able to reply to every email. Please understand that we are selling through distribution channels and while we don't have the resources to serve every end-user, we will do our best to help every customer. Please also remember that for many of our technical support team English is a second language. [. . . ]