Asus P5CR-VM User Guide - Page 46

3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) 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 onboard Intel® ICH6R RAID controller. 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 "4.3.5 IDE Configuration" for details. P5CR-VM P5CR-VM SATA connectors GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 Important notes on Serial ATA • You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows® 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows® Server 2003 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0and RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/2003 Server. • Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 and 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 below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections. Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector SATA1, SATA2 SATA3, SATA4 Setting Master Slave Use Boot disk Data disk 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information