
P4LA User’s Manual System Configuration
SATA Configuration
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Chapter 3 <System Configuration>
3.1 <SATA configuration>
Based on Intel
®
ICH7R Southbridge chip, the board supports 4 Serial ATA II ports; please
follow the touring guide to setup your Serial ATA devices.
For
Windows 98/SE/ME
, Windows NT4.0 and DOS system, they only support up to 4 IDE
devices including SATA devices, and Windows 2000/XP/Server2003 have no such
limitation.
Parallel ATA
Serial ATA
Operating
System
(Support Mode)
Primary
(2 Devices)
SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4
Windows
2000/XP
(
Enhance Mode
)
Windows
98/ME/NT4.0
Type 1
(
Combine Mode
)
(Primary)
X
(Secondary)
X
(Secondary)
Type 2
(
Combine Mode
)
(Secondary)
(Primary)
X
(Primary)
X
Type 3
(
SATA only
)
X
(Primary)
(Master)
(Secondary)
(Master)
(Primary)
(Slave)
(Secondary)
(Slave)
(Table 3.1.1)
The following BIOS setup screen shows how to setup your ATAPI devices with each mode.
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