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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
• These connectors support the Intel ® Matrix Storage Technology.
• The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1) is available only if you
are using Windows
® 2000/XP.
• Install the Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows ® XP
Service Pack1 when using Serial ATA.
• Use only 2 Serial ATA RAID connectors for a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• When using the Serial ATA connectors in Standard IDE mode, 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 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 U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
SATA1, SATA2 Master Red Boot disk
SATA3, SATA4 Slave Black Data disk
These connectors are set to 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 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.