Hard Disk Drives - Asus P5AD2-E Premium 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 ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , 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 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 ] ,
4 . 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 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 3 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) 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 or
RAID 1 configuration with the Intel
through the onboard Intel
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 mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk
t a n d a r d I D E
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" on page 4-15 for details.
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P5AD2-E PREMIUM 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) is available only if you are using
Windows
• Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1
set.
• When using the connectors in S S S S S t a n d a r d I D E
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.
• If your chassis supports only six hard disk drives or less, you can use
the Serial ATA extension module (shown in the illustration above) to
install two additional external SATA hard disk drives.
A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E P r e m i u m
A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E P r e m i u m
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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
C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item in the BIOS 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
SATA3
SATA1
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SATA4
SATA2
t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the 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
S e r i a l A T A S e r i a l A T A S e r i a l A T A
S e r i a l A T A S e r i a l A T A
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2 - 2 7 2 - 2 7 2 - 2 7