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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 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,
RAID 1, RAID 5, or 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.

3 .

I C H 7 R P r i m a r y I D E c o n n e c t o r ( 4 0 - 1 p i n P R I _ I D E )

This connector is for an Ultra DMA 100/66 signal cable. The Ultra
DMA 100/66 signal cable has three connectors: a blue connector for
the primary IDE connector on the motherboard, a black connector for
an Ultra DMA 100/66 IDE slave device (optical drive/hard disk drive),
and a gray connector for an Ultra DMA 100/66 IDE master device (hard
disk drive). If you install two hard disk drives, you must configure the
second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly. Refer
to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.

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Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole
on the Ultra DMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect insertion
when you connect the IDE cable.

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Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for Ultra DMA 100/66 IDE devices.

P5LD2

P5LD2 IDE connector

NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.

PRI_IDE

PIN 1