Asus P5MT-M User Guide - Page 45

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, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology or RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 configuration using the LSI MegaRAID® utility embedded on the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge. These connectors are set I D E mode by default. In 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 "4.3.4 IDE Configuration" for details. SATA4 SATA2 ® GND GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXN2 GND GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXP2 LAN2 RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND SATA3 SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND P5MT Series SATA connectors GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND Important notes on Serial ATA • You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or Windows® 2003 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/2003. • Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. • When using the connectors in 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 Setting Use SATA1/SATA2 SATA3/SATA4 Master Slave Boot disk Data disk ASUS P5MT Series 2-25