Asus P5WD2-E Premium - Manual (Page 58)

2 - 3 0 2 - 3 0 2 - 3 0 2 - 3 0 2 - 3 0 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
• These connectors are set to S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E 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 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
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 “4.3.6 IDE Configuration” on
page 4-16 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 Serial ATA hard disk
drives for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
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 the Windows ® XP
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
if you are using Windows
® 2000/XP/Server 2003 or later version.
• When using the connectors in S S S S S tandard IDE 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, connect the
primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector.
Refer to the table on the next page for the recommended SATA hard
disk drive connections.
4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 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 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 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 2 [ r e d ] , 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,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel
® Matrix Storage
Technology through the onboard Intel ® ICH7R RAID controller. Refer to
Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.
P5WD2-E PREMIUM SATA Connectors
SATA1 SATA2
GND RSA
T A
_TXP4
RSA
T A
_TXN4
GND RSA
T A
_RXP4
RSA
T A
_RXN4
GND GND RSA
T A
_TXP3
RSA
T A
_TXN3
GND RSA
T A
_RXP3
RSA
T A
_RXN3
GND
GND RSA
T A
_TXP2
RSA
T A
_TXN2
GND RSA
T A
_RXP2
RSA
T A
_RXN2
GND GND RSA
T A
_TXP1
RSA
T A
_TXN1
GND RSA
T A
_RXP1
RSA
T A
_RXN1
GND
SATA3 SATA4
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