Parallel Ata/Serial Ata Device Configurations - Asus P4P800S SE User Manual

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 2000/XP. ICH5 supports a maximum
of six (6) devices using these OS.
Legacy OS are MS-DOS, Linux, Windows 98/Me/NT4.0. ICH5 supports a
maximum of four (4) devices using these OS.
Operating System
1. Windows 2000/XP
2. Windows 98/Me/NT4.0,
Linux, MS-DOS
Configuration A
Configuration B
Configuration C
Legend:
Supported
—
Disabled
Required IDE Configuration settings in BIOS
Refer to the following table for the appropriate BIOS settings of the above P-ATA
and S-ATA device configurations. See section "2.3.6 IDE Configuration" for details
on the related BIOS items.
BIOS item
Onboard IDE Operate Mode
Enhanced Mode Support On S-ATA
IDE Port Settings
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P-ATA
Primary
(2 devices)
—
Windows
2000/XP
Enhanced Mode Compatible Mode
—
Primary P-ATA+S-ATA Sec. P-ATA+S-ATA
Secondary Port 0
(2 devices) (1 device)
—
—
Windows 98/Me/NT4.0/LInux
A B
Compatible Mode
— —
S-ATA
Port 1
(1 device)
—
C
Compatible Mode
—
P-ATA Ports Only
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