Asus P5WD2 Installation Manual page 55

4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] ,
4 . I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) 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 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 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 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ 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 create a RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel
Technology through the onboard Intel
Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.
• These connectors are set to S t a n d a r d I D E
S S S S S t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E 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
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section "4.3.6 IDE Configuration" on
page 4-16 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.
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P5WD2 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
• You must install Windows
Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial
ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only
if you are using Windows
When using the connectors in S S S S S t a n d a r d I D E
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primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector.
Refer to the table on the next page for the recommended SATA hard
disk drive connections.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
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 W D 2 A S U S P 5 W D 2 A S U S P 5 W D 2
A S U S P 5 W D 2 A S U S P 5 W D 2
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S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E mode by default. In
SATA3
SATA1
® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
® 2000/XP/Server 2003 or later version.
t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the
C o l o r C o l o r 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 S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
R e d R e d R e d M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r
R e d R e d M a s t e r M a s t e r
B l a c k B l a c k S l a v e S l a v e
B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e
® Matrix Storage
ICH7R RAID controller. Refer to
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
SATA4
SATA2
U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k
B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k
D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k
D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k
® XP
2 - 3 1 2 - 3 1 2 - 3 1
2 - 3 1 2 - 3 1