Asus P5BV-C - Manual (Page 45)

ASUS P5BV-C Series 2-25
3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA_
RAID5, SATA_RAID6, SATA_RAID7, and SATA_RAID8)
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 create a RAID 0, RAID
1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5 configuration using the Intel ® Matrix Storage
Technology or RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 configurations using the LSI
MegaRAID ® utility embedded in the Intel ® ICH7R Southbridge.
These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In 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 Configure SATA as item
in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” for details.
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P5BV-C/4L
P5BV-C/4L SATA Connectors
SATA1 SATA3
SATA2 SATA4
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P3
RS
AT
A_
TX
N3
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P3
RS
AT
A_
RX
N3
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P4
RS
AT
A_
TX
N4
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P4
RS
AT
A_
RX
N4
GN
D
SATA_
RAID5
SATA_
RAID6
SATA_
RAID7
SATA_
RAID8
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P5
RS
AT
A_
TX
N5
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P5
RS
AT
A_
RX
N5
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P6
RS
AT
A_
TX
N6
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P6
RS
AT
A_
RX
N6
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P7
RS
AT
A_
TX
N7
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P7
RS
AT
A_
RX
N7
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
TX
P8
RS
AT
A_
TX
N8
GN
D
RS
AT
A_
RX
P8
RS
AT
A_
RX
N8
GN
D
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector Setting Use
SATA1/SATA3 Master Boot disk
SATA2/SATA4 Slave Data disk
• Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• When using the connectors in
IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard
disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA3 connector. Refer to the table below for the
recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.