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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 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, Windows 98/Me/NT4.0. ICH5 supports a
maximum of four (4) devices using these OS.
Legend:
Supported
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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 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 “4.3.6 IDE
Configuration” for details on the related BIOS items.
Windows
Windows 98/Me/NT4.0
BIOS item
2000/XP
A
B
C
Onboard IDE Operate Mode
Enhanced Mode
Compatible Mode
Compatible Mode
Compatible Mode
Enhanced Mode Support On S-ATA
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—
—
IDE Port Settings
—
Primary P-ATA+S-ATA
Sec. P-ATA+S-ATA
P-ATA Ports Only