Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L User Manual page 28

9) SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nVIDIA
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s
standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The nVIDIA
controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 0+1. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA
Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array.
• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard
drives are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard
drives does not have to be an even number.)
• A RAID 0+1 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard
drives must be an even number.
GA-N650SLI-DS4L Motherboard
SATAII1 SATAII3
7 1 7
7 1 7
SATAII0 SATAII2
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Pin No.
1
2
1
3
4
5
1
6
7
Please connect the L-shaped end of the
SATA 3Gb/s cable to your SATA hard drive.
nForce 650i SLI
Definition
GND
TXP
TXN
GND
RXN
RXP
GND