Important notes on Serial ATA (SATA)

•The smaller and more flexible SATA cable allows easier routing inside the chassis. The lower pin count of the SATA cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide, flat ribbon cables of the Parallel ATA interface.

•Hot plug support for SATA drive and connections are not available in the system motherboard.

•Install Windows® XP™ Service Pack 1 when using SATA devices.

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/NT 4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 “5.3. 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

 

 

 

 

 

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