Disk Drives - Asus P5WDG2 WS Professional User Manual

Single device
Two devices
If any device jumper is set as "Cable-Select," make sure all other device
jumpers have the same setting.
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 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 ] , 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 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 10, and RAID 5 configuration with the Intel
Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
• 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" 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.
P5WDG2-WS PRO SATA connectors
A S U S P 5 W D G 2 W S P r o f e s s i o n a l A S U S P 5 W D G 2 W S P r o f e s s i o n a l
A S U S P 5 W D G 2 W S P r o f e s s i o n a l A S U S P 5 W D G 2 W S P r o f e s s i o n a l A S U S P 5 W D G 2 W S P r o f e s s i o n a l
D r i v e j u m p e r D r i v e j u m p e r D r i v e j u m p e r D r i v e j u m p e r D r i v e j u m p e 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
Cable-Select or Master -
Cable-Select
Master
Slave
M o d e M o d e M o d e M o d e M o d e C a b l e C a b l e C a b l e C a b l e C a b l e
o f d e v i c e ( s ) o f d e v i c e ( s ) o f d e v i c e ( s ) o f d e v i c e ( s ) o f d e v i c e ( s ) 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
Black
Master Black
Slave Gray
Black or gray
Master
Slave
® ICH7R RAID controller.
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
S t a n d a r d I D E
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
® Matrix
SATA3
SATA1
2 - 3 3 2 - 3 3
2 - 3 3 2 - 3 3 2 - 3 3