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Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
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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 ATA RAID configurations. 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 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" for details. R P5GD2 SATA connectors P5GD2 SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND 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 2 Serial ATA RAID connectors for a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. • When using the Serial ATA connectors in Standard IDE mode, 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