Asus MAXIMUS EXTREME User Manual page 58

MAXIMUS EXTREME
MAXIMUS EXTREME IDE connector
3. ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1~6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID
1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel
through the onboard Intel
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MAXIMUS EXTREME
MAXIMUS EXTREME SATA connectors
2-30
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ICH9R RAID controller.
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These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these
connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these
connectors, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.
For RAID 5, use at least three hard disk drives. For RAID 10, use at least
four hard disk drives. Use two to four Serial ATA hard disk drives for each
RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 Intel
manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
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PRI_IDE
NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
cable to PIN 1.
Matrix Storage Technology
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SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXN4
GND
SATA5
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXN6
GND
Chapter 2: Hardware information
RAID Configuration or the
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SATA2
GND
GND
GND
SATA4
GND
GND
GND
SATA6
GND
GND
GND