Asus P4P800-MX User Manual page 32

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for Serial ATA
hard disks. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer
rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra ATA133).
P4P800-MX SATA Connectors
Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations
Following are the Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations supported by
Intel ICH5 specifications.
Native operating systems (OS) are Windows
of six (6) devices using these OS.
Legacy OS are MS-DOS, Windows
four (4) devices using these OS.
Operating System
®
1. Windows 2000/XP
®
2. Windows 98/Me/NT4.0
Configuration A
Configuration B
Configuration C
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1-22
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Primary
(2 devices)
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Supported
Disabled
SATA2
SATA1
®
2000/XP. ICH5 supports a maximum
®
98/Me/NT4.0 . ICH5 supports a maximum of
P-ATA
Secondary
(2 devices)
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
S-ATA
Port 0 Port 1
(1 device) (1 device)
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