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MSI G52-M6570XA-G22 User Manual

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MS-6570 ATX Mainboard

Hard Disk RAID Connectors: IDE3, SER1 & SER2 (Optional)

The mainboard has 3 IDE RAID connectors, which are controlled by

Promise 20376.

IDE3 is a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 con-

troller that provides PIO mode 0~5, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/100/133
function. You can connect to 1 hard disk drive, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy
(reserved for future BIOS) and other devices.

The mainboard also provides optional dual high-speed Serial ATA in-

terface ports, SER1 & SER2. Each supports 1

st

generation serial ATA data

rates of 150 MB/s. Both connectors are fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0
specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device.
Please refer to Serial ATA Raid manual for detail software installation
procedure.

SER2

SER1

IDE3