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3. ICH9R 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 install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5,
and 10 configuration with the Intel
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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 SATA Configuration for details.
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 4.3.5 SATA 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.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 Intel RAID Configuration or the
manual bundled in the motherboard support CD.
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SATA1
GND
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_TXN2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_RXN2
GND
GND
SATA6
GND
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_TXN5
GND
GND
RSATA_TXN6
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_RXN5
GND
GND
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SATA2 SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
SATA5 SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND