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Hardware Setup 2-17
(14). Serial ATA Connectors
These connectors are provided to attach one Serial ATA device at each channel via Serial ATA cable.
SATA1 and SATA2 are controlled by South Bridge. To enable the SATA1 and SATA2 controller, you
have to enable the item “OnChip Serial ATA” first in the BIOS menu of “OnChip IDE Device”.
The following table displays the quantity of devices at IDE1, IDE2, SATA1 and SATA2 channel under
different “OnChip Serial ATA” configuration:
WinXP / Windows .NET Server:
OnChip Serial ATA /
OnChip Serial ATA Mode
IDE1 IDE2 SATA1 SATA2
Enhanced Mode / IDE 2 2 1 1
DOS / Win2K / Win98 / WinME:
OnChip Serial ATA /
OnChip Serial ATA Mode
IDE1 IDE2 SATA1 SATA2
0 2 1 1
Combined Mode / IDE
2 0 1 1
SATA Only / IDE 0 0 1 1
Disabled 2 2 0 0
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