SOYO SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 V1.0 User Manual page 112

Introduction
1.1 What is ALi M5283 controller
ALi M5281/M5283 is a high integration IDE controller that supports both
Parallel-ATA and Serial-ATA interfaces. It supports PATA UDMA mode
transfer up to mode 6 and SATA 1.0 drives.
M5281/M5283 also provides a cost-effective solution of RAID functions for
the performance and reliability.
Main Features & Benefits
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Support RAID 0, 1, & JBOD
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Allowed maximum 2 disks connection to every controller (Does
not support ATAPI devices)
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Support independent use of hard disk
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Support Operating Systems: Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000,
Windows XP.
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Windows-based software for RAID management(compatible with
BIOS)
2. ALi RAID BIOS
After the system BIOS detects ALi RAID BIOS, the RAID BIOS version
and drive information shows up on the screen.
The following is an example of BIOS version and drives information when
using M5281:
ALi RAID BIOS V1.00
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Identifying IDE driver .o.o.x.x.o.o
Channel 1 Master: Maxtor 4A160J0
Channel 1 Slave : Maxtor 6L040J2
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