Asus P5MT-C - Manual (Page 45)

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3. 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
Connector Setting Use
SATA1/SATA2 Master Boot disk
SATA3/SATA4 Slave Data disk
These connectors are set Standard IDE mode 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, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” for details.
Important notes on Serial ATA
• 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 IDE 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.
P5MT-C SATA Connectors
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP0
RSATA_TXN0
GND
RSATA_RXN0
RSATA_RXP0
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
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