Asus P5MT - Manual (Page 45)

A S U S P 5 M T S e r i e s A S U S P 5 M T S e r i e s A S U S P 5 M T S e r i e s A S U S P 5 M T S e r i e s A S U S P 5 M T S e r i e s 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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 software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology or RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1
configuration using the LSI MegaRAID
® utility embedded on the Intel ®
ICH7R Southbridge.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
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 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 U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
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 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 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
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 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 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
These connectors are set I D E I D E I D E I D E I D E mode by default. In I D E I D E I D E I D E 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
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 item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section
“4.3.4 IDE Configuration” for details.
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
• You must install Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or Windows ® 2003
before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID
feature (RAID 0/RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows
®
2000/2003.
• Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1
set.
• When using the connectors in I D E I D E I D E I D E I D E mode, connect the primary (boot)
hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table
below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
LAN2
®
P5MT Series SATA connectors
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND