HP Compaq dx6050 MT - Mixed Devices Boot and Drive Letter Ordering

Service Reference Guide, d300, dx6050 319865-008 4–11
Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features
4.7 Mixed Devices Boot and Drive Letter Ordering
SATA Configuration* Controller Order
HDD Boot and Drive
Letter Ordering
Add as a separate channel
(default). Used with Windows
2000 and XP.
A. Integrated IDE
B. Integrated SATA
A1. IDE Primary Device 0
A2. IDE Primary Device 1
A3. IDE Secondary Device 0
A4. IDE Secondary Device 1
B1. SATA 0
B2. SATA 1
Add as a separate channel.
Used with Windows 2000
and XP.
A. Integrated SATA
B. Integrated IDE
A1. SATA 0
A2. SATA 1
B1. IDE Primary Device 0
B2. IDE Primary Device 1
B3. IDE Secondary Device 0
B4. IDE Secondary Device 1
Replace primary IDE channel.
Used with Windows 9x, NT,
and Linux.
A. Integrated IDE
B. Integrated SATA
A1. IDE Secondary Device 0
A2. IDE Secondary Device 1
B1. SATA 0
B2. SATA 1
Replace primary IDE channel.
Used with Windows 9x, NT,
and Linux.
A. Integrated SATA
B. Integrated IDE
A1. SATA 0
A2. SATA 1
B1. IDE Secondary Device 0
B2. IDE Secondary Device 1
*Refer to Section 4.3.2, “PATA Attach Sequence Rules by Class Priority,” for PATA attach
sequence rules.