848P ver 2.0 help!!

I'm not too keen on the difference between the SATA Only, Enhanced, and
Combined modes. However, Plextor has a motherboard compatibility test
matrix. In the 'comment' section for several motherboards using Intel
ICH5 South Bridge, it states the device works OK "When connected to the
SecondaryMaster", which implies it does not work when connected to the
Primary Channel. So maybe there is a hardware or BIOS limitation using
an IDE drive on Primary Channel in an addition to an SATA drive.

No mention of this in the user manual from ECS and I'm afraid I have no
other guidance to offer.
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does not see at post , am trying to do an XP new install , the SATA options
are SATA ONLY , ENHANCED , COMBINED , DISABLE thank you. tech support
just wrote me and said that i cannot have an IDE on channel #1 --"hardware
limitation" ??
"tcsenter" <tcsenter.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Does the motherboard identify the drive during POST? Are you
> attempting to install an OS on the SATA drive, or add it to an existing
> setup with an OS already installed? In the BIOS where your IDE and
> SATA settings are, what are the available options for the setting named
> SATA Mode?
>
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