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ATA-3 Drives

The CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and ZIP drives are ATAPI devices, rather than SCSI devices. They are connected to the ATA-3 channel on the main logic board. The ATA Manager software supports PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2 data transfers for devices on the ATA-3 channel.