Supero SUPER P4SCA, User Manual

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UPER P4SCA/P4SCE User's Manual
Native Mode:
In this mode, system BIOS will automatically search all available IRQs for the
use of HDD. For newer Operating Systems that support switching to Native
Mode, such as Windows XP, Windows 2000, you can set SATA and PATA to
Native Mode. These newer Operating Systems can accommodate both Legacy
and Native modes and support up to 6 ATA devices. (*To select Legacy or
Native Mode, please go to the "BIOS Setup" section in System BIOS).
Legacy Mode:
In this mode, system BIOS assigns the traditional 14 and 15 IRQs for the use
of HDD. Up to 4 ATA devices are support by this mode.
Within Legacy Mode, the following three modes are supported:
*Non-Combined Mode: Parallel ATA only with the maximum of 4 devices
supported;
*Non-Combined Mode: Serial ATA only with the maximum of 2 devices
supported;
*Combined Mode: SATA devices and PATA with the support of 2 devices
each (total: 4 devices maximum). (For IDE/SATA configurations, please refer
to the table below.)
Primary Master (=PM) Yes Yes No No No No
Primary Slave (=PS) Yes No Yes No No No
Secondary Master(=SM) Yes No No Yes No No
Secondary Slave(=SS) Yes No No No Yes No
SATA Port0 No SM SM PM PM PM
SATA Port1 No SS SS PS PS SM
*Note: (No=Not Present, Yes=Present) Also, if Logical Primary is
selected, the IDE channels are no longer available.