Asus P5LD2 - Manual (Page 47)

A S U S P 5 L D 2 A S U S P 5 L D 2 A S U S P 5 L D 2 A S U S P 5 L D 2 A S U S P 5 L D 2 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5
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
when you are using Windows
® 2000/XP/2003 Server.
• 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 below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive
connections.
S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n S e r i a l A T A h a r d d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t i o n
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 C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l 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 R e d R e d R e d R e d R e d 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 B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k 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
P5LD2
®
P5LD2 SATA connectors
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP2
RSA
T A_TXN2
GND
RSA
T A_RXP2
RSA
T
A_RXN2
GND
SATA1
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP1
RSA
T A_TXN1
GND
RSA
T A_RXP1
RSA
T
A_RXN1
GND
SATA2
GND
RSA
T A_TXP4
RSA
T A_TXN4
GND
RSA
T
A_RXP4
RSA
T A_RXN4
GND
SATA3
GND
RSA
T A_TXP3
RSA
T A_TXN3
GND
RSA
T A_RXP3
RSA
T
A_RXN3
GND
SATA4
• 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 “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” on
page 4-15 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 hard disk drives for each
RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.