Ultra Ata/133 Connectors: Ide3 & Ide4 (For 845 Pro2-A Only); Ide Raid Connectors: Ide3 & Ide4 (For 845 Pro2-R Only) - MSI MS-6528LE User Manual

Chapter 2
Ultra ATA/133 Connectors: IDE3 & IDE4 (for 845 Pro2-A only)
The 845 Pro2-A mainboard offers high-end Ultra ATA/133 hard drive
interface specification, which boosts data transfer rates between the computer
and the hard drive up to 133 megabytes (MB) per second. The new interface is
one-third faster than earlier record-breaking Ultra ATA/100 technology and is
backwards-compatible with the existing Ultra ATA interface. The mainboard
supports Ultra ATA/133 technology through Promise
IDE RAID Connectors: IDE3 & IDE4 (for 845 Pro2-R only)
The 845 Pro2-R offers a low-cost RAID (Redundant Array of Indepen-
dent Disks) solution by integrating two IDE RAID connectors that support
PIO mode 0-4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 modes. The IDE RAID
connectors allow you to connect Ultra ATA/DMA hard disks and use RAID
technology for high performance, data security and fault tolerance. RAID 0
(striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring) technologies are supported through Prom-
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ise PDC20265R controller.
IDE RAID Connectors
- You can connect a Master drive to each IDE RAID connector.
- The two connectors support hard disk drives only.
- For more information on IDE RAID, please refer to IDE RAID Manual.
TIP:
If you install two hard disks on cable, you must configure the
second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper. Refer to the
hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper
setting instructions.
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PDC20275 controller.
IDE 4
IDE 3
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