Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations

The following are the Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configuration supported by the 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 - A T A

S - A T A

 

 

 

 

 

Operating System

Primary

Secondary

Por t 0

Por t 1

 

 

( 2 d e v i c e s )

( 2 d e v i c e s )

( 1 d e v i c e )

( 1 d e v i c e )

1.

Windows® 2000/XP

•

•

•

•

2.

Windows® 98/ME

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration A

•

—

•

•

 

Configuration B

—

•

•

•

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration C

•

•

—

—

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legend:

•Supported

—Not Supported

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

 

2000/XP

 

 

 

BIOS Item

 

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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