Asus P5AD2-E Premium User Guide - Page 49

4 . 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 create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH6R RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations. These connectors are set to S t a n d a r d I D E mode by default. In S 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 item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section "4.3.6 IDE Configuration" on page 4-15 for details. P5AD2-E PREMIUM Serial ATA extension module ® SATA3 SATA4 GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA1 P5AD2-E PREMIUM SATA connectors SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND Important notes on Serial ATA • You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 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/XP. • Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. • When using the connectors in S t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table on the next page for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections. • If your chassis supports only six hard disk drives or less, you can use the Serial ATA extension module (shown in the illustration above) to install two additional external SATA hard disk drives. ASUS P5AD2-E Premium 2-27