Asus P5WDG2-WS - Manual (Page 59)

A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S A S U S P 5 W D G 2 - W S 2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5 2 - 3 5
• 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 “4.3.6 IDE Configuration” 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 Serial ATA hard disk
drives for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 ] , I C H 7 R 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 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 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 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 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
These connectors are for 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 10, and RAID 5 configuration with the Intel
® Matrix
Storage Technology through the onboard Intel ® ICH7R RAID controller.
P5WDG2-WS
®
P5WDG2-WS IDE connector
NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PRI_IDE
P5WDG2-WS
®
P5WDG2-WS SATA connectors
SATA1
SATA4 SATA3
SATA2
GND SA
T
A_RXP0
SA
T
A_RXN0
GND SA
T
A_TXN0
SA
T A_TXP0
GND GND SA
T
A_RXP1
SA
T
A_RXN1
GND SA
T
A_TXN1
SA
T A_TXP1
GND
GND SA
T A_RXP2
SA
T A_RXN2
GND SA
T A_TXN2
SA
T
A_TXP2
GND GND SA
T A_RXP3
SA
T A_RXN3
GND SA
T A_TXN3
SA
T
A_TXP3
GND