Asus P5GD2 Deluxe P5GD2 Deluxe user's manual - Page 50

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 using the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial RAID configurations. These connectors are set to Standard IDE configuration 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, adjust the RAID controller setting in the BIOS Setup. See section "4.3.6 IDE Configuration" on page 4-15 for details. P5GD2 SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND R SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND P5GD2 Deluxe SATA connectors SATA4 GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND SATA3 GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND Important notes on Serial ATA • These connectors support the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology. • The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/XP. • Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 when using Serial ATA. • Use only a maximum of 2 ports for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. • Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details. Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Connector SATA1, SATA2 SATA3, SATA4 Setting Master Slave Color Red Black Use Boot disk Data disk 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information