Asus P5LD2 User Manual page 48

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P5LD2 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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S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n
S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r
S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2
S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2
S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4
S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4
2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6
2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6
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 "4.3.5 IDE Configuration" on
page 4-15 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 hard disk drives for each
RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
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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
when you are using Windows
When using the connectors in S S S S S t a n d a r d I D E
primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector.
Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive
connections.
C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r
C o l o r C o l o r
R e d R e d
R e d R e d R e d
B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k
B l a c k B l a c k
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
SATA1 SATA2
® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
® 2000/XP/2003 Server.
t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the 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
S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
M a s t e r M a s t e r
M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r
S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e
S l a v e S l a v e
C h a p t e r 2 : 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 2 : 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 2 : 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 2 : 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 2 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n
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U s e U s e U s e
U s e U s e
B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k
B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k
D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k
D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k