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2804040 User’s Manual System Configuration
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.
Operating Parallel ATA Serial ATA
System
(Support Mode)
Windows
Primary
(2 Devices)
SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4
2000/XP
(Enhance Mode)
Windows
98/ME/NT4.0
{ { { { {
Type 1
{ X { X {
(Combine Mode)
(Primary)
(Secondary) (Secondary)
Type 2
(Combine Mode)
{
(Secondary)
{
(Primary)
X { X
(Primary)
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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