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P5GD2 PREMIUM GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND 5 . Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1, SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4) These connectors are for Serial ATA signal cables. These connectors support up to four Serial ATA hard disk drives that can be configured as a disk array through the onboard SATA RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations. These connectors are set to RAID mode by default. If you want to connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set the S i l i c o n I m a g e C o n t r o l l e r item in the BIOS to S A T A M o d e. See section "4.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration" on page 4-27 for details. R SATA_RAID1 SATA_RAID2 SATA_RAID3 SATA_RAID4 P5GD2 PREMIUM SATA RAID connectors • Before creating a RAID configuration, make sure that you have connected the Serial ATA cables to these connectors and have installed the Serial ATA hard disks drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the Silicon Image RAID utility and Serial ATA BIOS setup during POST. • You can only create a RAID 5 and JBOD configuration using the SATALink™ Serial ATA RAID Management software. See section "5.2.2 Silicon Image RAID Configurations" for details. • The RAID 5 driver is not Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified. • All four Serial ATA ports are master ports. You can install Serial ATA boot disks to any of these ports. ASUS P5GD2 Premium 2-27