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ICH8R Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3, black], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [red

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3. ICH8R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red]) 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, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH8R RAID controller. • 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 Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.3.5 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. SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 RRGSSNAARGDTTSNAA__ADTRRAXX_PN11RXN1 GNRDSATA_RXP1 RRGSSNAARRGDTTSSNAA__AADTTTTXXAAPN__11TTXXPN11 GND GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GNGDND RRGSSNAARRGDTTSSNAA__AADTTTTXXAAPN__22RRXXPN22 RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RGSNARGDTSNA_ADTTXAP_3RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND ® P5B-PLUS ® P5B-PLUS SSAATTAA66 SASTAA5TA5SATAS4ATA4 RGSNADTRRGASSN_AADTTRAAX__RRN6XXPN66 RSATGAN_DRXP6 RRGSSNAADTTRRGAASSN__AADTTTTAAXX__PNTT66XXPN66 GND GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5 GNDGND RRGSSNAADTTRRGAASSN__AADTTRRAAXX__TTPNXX55PN55 RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RGSNADTRGASN_ADTRAX_TNX4P4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND P5B-PLUS SATA connectors P5B-PLUS SATA connectors • 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/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/XP or later version. • When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5/6 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections. Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector SATA1/2/5/6 Color Red Setting Master SATA3/4 Black Slave Use Boot disk Data Disk 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information

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Chapter 2: Hardware information
3.
ICH8R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3
[black], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red])
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, RAID
1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
through the onboard Intel
®
ICH8R RAID controller.
P5B-PLUS
P5B-PLUS SATA connectors
•
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
Configure SATA as
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section
4.3.5 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.
•
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/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only if you are
using Windows
®
2000/XP or later version.
•
When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot)
hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5/6 connector. Refer to the table below for
the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector
Color
Setting
Use
SATA1/2/5/6
Red
Master
Boot disk
SATA3/4
Black
Slave
Data Disk
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
SATA4
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA5
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
SATA6