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Chapter 2: Hardware information
Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations
Following are the Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations
supported by Intel ICH5R specifications.
Native operating systems (OS) are Windows 2000/XP. ICH5R supports a
maximum of six (6) devices using these OS.
Legacy OS are MS-DOS, Windows 98/Me/NT4.0. ICH5R supports a
maximum of four (4) devices using these OS.
Legend:
Supported
—
Disabled
P-ATA
S-ATA
Operating System
Primary
Secondary
Port 0
Port 1
(2 devices)
(2 devices)
(1 device)
(1 device)
1. Windows 2000/XP
2. Windows 98/Me/NT4.0
Configuration A
—
Configuration B
—
Configuration C
—
—
Required Serial ATA settings in BIOS
Refer to the following table for the appropriate BIOS settings of the above
Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations.
Windows
Windows 98/Me/NT4.0
BIOS item
2000/XP
A
B
Any OS
On-Chip Serial ATA
Enhanced Mode
Combined Mode
SATA Only
Auto
Serial ATA Port0 Mode
SATA0 or SATA1 Master
Primary Master or Slave Primary or Sec. Master
—
Serial ATA Port1 Mode
SATA0 or SATA1 Master
Primary Master or Slave Primary or Sec. Master
—
See section “4.4.2 Integrated Peripherals” for details on the related
BIOS items.