Hardware Installation SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 V1.0
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IDE1,2 are controlled by the 82801ER (ICH5R), IDE3,4 are controlled by the
ALi M5281, SATA1,2 are controlled by the 82801ER (ICH5R) and SATA3,4
are controlled by the ALi M5281 controller..
There are 8 parallel ATA HDD connectors (IDE1, IDE2, IDE3, IDE4) and 4
serial ATA connectors on the motherboard. IDE3 and IDE4 are provided for
IDE RAID or standard IDE function. SATA1, SATA2, SATA 3 and SATA4
are provided for SATA RAID or standard SATA function. This Motherboard
can support up to 12 HDDs.
Note: IDE2 and SATA2 are not bootable, SATA1, SATA3, SATA4 and
IDE1, IDE3 and IDE4 are bootable.
Note1: SATA1 and SATA2 can only support RAID 0
Note2: RAID 0 function of ICH5R can only work under Windows XP,
other operating system is not supported.
Note: Only Windows XP can use SATA1, SATA2, IDE1 and IDE2 at the
same time. All other operating systems can use any combination from the
following table:
Enabled devices
1
SATA1 SATA2 IDE1
2
SATA1 SATA2 IDE2
3
IDE1 IDE2
4
SATA1 SATA2
These devices can be enabled in your CMOS setup menu. Please check the
OnChip IDE Device paragraph on page 55 for more details.
