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The ICH7 IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the processor and peripheral 
devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and Iomega Zip* drives inside the computer.  The 
interface supports: 
•  Up to two IDE devices (such as hard drives) 
•  ATAPI-style devices (such as CD-ROM drives) 
•  Older PIO Mode devices 
•  Ultra DMA-33 and ATA-66/100 protocols 

The desktop board supports eight Serial ATA channels, connecting one device per channel in either 
a RAID or a non-RAID configuration. 

The desktop board supports the following: 
•  One PCI Express x16 card as an electrical x16 card or two PCI Express x16 cards as electrical 

x8 cards 

•  One PCI Express x16 card as an electrical x4 card 
•  Two PCI bus add-in cards 

For information about installing a PCI Express x16 card, see page 35 in Chapter 2. 

The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI and IDE 
auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS.   
See Chapter 3 on page 57 for more information about the BIOS. 

If you connect a Serial ATA or IDE device (such as a hard drive) to your desktop board, the auto-
configuration utility in the BIOS automatically detects and configures the device for your computer.  
You do not need to run the BIOS Setup program after installing a Serial ATA or IDE device.  You 
can override the auto-configuration options by specifying manual configuration in the BIOS Setup 
program. 
When booting from a Serial ATA device, the device connected to Serial ATA connector 0 is the 
first boot device and the device connected to Serial ATA connector 3 is the last boot device by 
default.