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SUPER MICRO Computer P4SCT User Manual

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UPER P4SCT/P4SCT+/P4SCT+II User's Manual

ATA Operate Mode

You can select from the following two modes: Combined Mode and En-

hanced Mode.

Combined Mode:

In this mode, system BIOS assigns the traditional IRQ 14 and IRQ 15 for the

use of HDD. Up to 4 ATA devices are supported by this mode.

Within the Combined 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) Yes Yes No No No No

Primary

Slave(=PS)

Yes No Yes No No No

Secondary

Master(=SM)

Yes No No Yes No No

Secondary

Slave(=SS) Yes No No No Yes No

SATA

Port0

No SM SM PM PM PM

SATA

Port1

No SS SS PS PS PS

*Note: (No=Not Present, Yes=Present) Also, if Logical Primary is
selected, the IDE channels are no longer available.

Enhanced Mode:

In this mode, system BIOS will automatically search for all available IRQs for

the use of HDD. For newer Operating Systems that support the Enhanced

Mode, such as Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003, you can

set SATA and PATA to the Enhanced Mode. (*The newer Operating

Systems can accommodate both Enhanced Mode and Combined Mode and

support up to 6 ATA devices.)

(*Please refer to the "Advanced Chipset Control" under the "Advanced" Setup

in the BIOS for the selection of Combined Mode or Enhanced Mode,).

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