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.

 

 

 

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

 

 

—

—

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 “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

—

—

—

IDE Port Settings

—

Primary P-ATA+S-ATA

Sec. P-ATA+S-ATA

P-ATA Ports Only

 

 

 

 

 

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