Disk Drives - Asus P5WDG2-WS User Manual

P5WDG2-WS IDE connector
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 SATA connectors
A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S
A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S
NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
® 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 mode by default. In S t a n d a r d I D E
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 SATA3
SATA2 SATA1
® Matrix
2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5
2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5