Hard Disk Drives - Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe User Manual

4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s
4 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] ,
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
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 can create a RAID
0 or RAID 1 configuration with the Intel
through the onboard Intel
for information on creating a RAID configuration.
These connectors are set to Standard IDE configuration 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 C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s
to RAID. See section "4.3.6 IDE Configuration" for details.
P5GDC-V
P5GDC-V SATA connectors
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
• These connectors support the Intel
• The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1) is available only if you
are using Windows
• Install the Windows
Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
• Use only a maximum of 2 ports for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and
SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r
S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 S A T A 1 , S A T A 2
S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 S A T A 3 , S A T A 4
S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 S A T A 3 , S A T A 4
A S U S P 5 G D C - V D e l u x e A S U S P 5 G D C - V D e l u x e
A S U S P 5 G D C - V D e l u x e A S U S P 5 G D C - V D e l u x e A S U S P 5 G D C - V D e l u x e
®
® ICH6R RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5
C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s
C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item in the BIOS
SATA3
SATA1
® 2000/XP.
® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
C o l o r C o l o r S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
Red Master
Black Slave
Matrix Storage Technology
SATA4
SATA2
® Matrix Storage Technology.
U s e U s e U s e
U s e U s e
Boot Disk
Data Disk
® XP
2 - 3 1 2 - 3 1
2 - 3 1 2 - 3 1 2 - 3 1