Asus AW171 User Manual
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Chapter 2: Hardware information
4. RAID ATA/133/100/66/33 connector (40-1 pin PRI_RAID1)
This connector support either RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 0 + 1
configuration with the Serial ATA connectors through the onboard
Promise
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PDC20378 controller. You can use the RAID feature to set up
a disk array configuration and to support additional IDE devices.
SK8N
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SK8N RAID Connector
NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PRI_RAID1
PIN 1
Important notes on the RAID feature:
•
By default, the drive that you connect to the PRI_RAID
connector follow the ATA133/100/66/33 protocol as an
independent drive, not as a disk array.
•
The RAID/SATA controller chipset does not support ATAPI
devices such as CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, etc.
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RAID feature only supported in Microsoft Operating Systems.