Supermicro P4SCE User Manual page 74

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UPER P4SCA/P4SCE User's Manual
Legacy Mode:
In this mode, system BIOS assigns the traditional 14 and 15 IRQs for the use
of HDD. Up to 4 ATA devices are support by this mode.
Within Legacy Mode, the following three modes are supported:
*Non-Combined Mode: Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices
supported;
*Non-Combined Mode: Serial ATA only with the maximum of 2 devices
supported;
*Combined Mode: SATA devices and PATA with the support of 2 devices
each (total: 4 devices maximum). (For IDE/SATA configurations, please refer
to the table below.)
Primary Master (=PM)
Primary Slave (=PS)
Secondary Master(=SM) Yes
Secondary Slave(=SS)
SATA Port0
SATA Port1
*Note: (No=Not Present, Yes=Present) Also, if Logical Primary is
selected, the IDE channels are no longer available.
Native Mode:
In this mode, system BIOS will automatically search all available IRQs for the
use of HDD. For newer Operating Systems that support switching to Native
Mode, such as Windows XP, Windows 2000, you can set SATA and PATA to
Native Mode. These newer Operating Systems can accommodate both Legacy
and Native modes and support up to 6 ATA devices. (*To select Legacy or
Native Mode, please go to the "BIOS Setup" section in System BIOS).
Yes Yes No
Yes No Yes
No No
Yes No No
No SM SM
No SS SS
C-2
No No No
No No No
Yes No No
No Yes No
PM PM PM
PS PS SM