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3.
ICH8R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3
[black], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red])
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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P5B-PLUS SATA connectors
P5B-PLUS SATA connectors
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Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector
SATA1/2/5/6
SATA3/4
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ICH8R 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 4.3.5 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.
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
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using Windows
2000/XP or later version.
When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot)
hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5/6 connector. Refer to the table below for
the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
Color
Red
Black
Matrix Storage Technology
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SATA1
SATA2
SATA1
SATA2
SATA6
SATA5
SATA6
SATA5
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2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
Setting
Master
Slave
Chapter 2: Hardware information
SATA3
SATA3
SATA4
SATA4
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XP
Use
Boot disk
Data Disk
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