Asus A8R-MVP A8R-MVP User's Manual for English Edtion - Page 44

NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1. PRI_IDE SEC_IDE A8R-MVP ® A8R-MVP IDE connectors PIN 1 3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black]) 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 can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration. Refer to Chapter 5 for information on creating a RAID configuration. Enable the S e r i a l A T A C o n t r o l l e r and O n b o a r d S A T A B o o t R O M items in the BIOS if you want to use the Serial ATA RAID feature. See section "4.3.5 Storage Configuration" for details. A8R-MVP ® SATA4 GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND A8R-MVP SATA connectors SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA3 GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND • Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1/2 to support S3 function). • Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later when using Serial ATA. 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information