Hard Disk Drives - Asus P5GDC User Manual

3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s 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 ] , ( 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 ] , ( 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 ] , ( 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 ] , ( 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 4 [ b l a c k ] )
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ 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 can create a RAID
0 or RAID 1 configuration with the Intel
through the onboard Intel
for information on creating a RAID configuration.
These connectors are set to Standard IDE configuration 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 C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s
to RAID. See section "2.3.5 IDE Configuration" for details.
P5GDC
P5GDC 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
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1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0
1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0
® ICH6R RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5
These connectors support the Intel
The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1) is available only if you
are using Windows ® 2000/XP.
Install the Windows ®
Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
Use only a maximum of two ports for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and
SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table on the next page
for details.
® Matrix Storage Technology
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 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
SATA3 SATA4
SATA1 SATA2
® Matrix Storage Technology.
2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n
C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n
® XP