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X6DH8-G2+/X6DHE-G2+ User's Manual

Within the Combined Mode, the following three modes are supported:

Non-Combined Mode: Parallel ATA only:with the maximum of 4 devices sup-

ported;

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 conﬁ gurations, 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 PS

*Note: (No=Not Present, Yes=Present) Also, if Logical Primary is

selected, the IDE channels are no longer available.

Enhanced Mode:

In this mode, system BIOS will automatically search for all available IRQs for the

use of HDD. For newer Operating Systems that support the Enhanced Mode, such

as Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003, you can set SATA and PATA

to the Enhanced Mode. (The newer Operating Systems can accommodate both

Enhanced Mode and Combined Mode and support up to 6 ATA devices.)

(Please refer to the "Advanced Chipset Control" under the "Advanced" Setup in the

BIOS for the selection of Combined Mode or Enhanced Mode.)