Asus P4P800-X - Manual (Page 30)

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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. ICH5 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
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 “2.3.5 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
— — —
IDE Port Settings — Primary P-ATA+S-ATA Sec. P-ATA+S-ATA P-ATA Ports Only