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2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6 2 - 2 6 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
4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ R e d ] , S A T A 2 [ R e d ] , S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ R e d ] , S A T A 2 [ R e d ] , S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ R e d ] , S A T A 2 [ R e d ] , S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ R e d ] , S A T A 2 [ R e d ] , S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ R e d ] , S A T A 2 [ R e d ] ,
S A T A 3 [ B l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ B l a c k ] )
S A T A 3 [ B l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ B l a c k ] ) S A T A 3 [ B l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ B l a c k ] ) S A T A 3 [ B l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ B l a c k ] ) S A T A 3 [ B l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ B l a c k ] )
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 or
RAID 1 configuration using the Intel
® Matrix Storage Technology. Refer
to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial RAID configurations.
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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
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
• Install Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows ® XP Service
Pack 1 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/XP.
• These connectors support the Intel ® Matrix Storage Technology.
• Use only a maximum of 2 ports for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and
SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
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
SATA1, SATA2 Master Boot disk
SATA3, SATA4 Slave Data disk
These connectors are set to Standard IDE configuration by default. In
Standard 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, adjust the RAID controller setting in the BIOS
Setup. See section “4.3.6 IDE Configuration” on page 4-15 for details.