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IDE IDE Connector, SATAII0/1/2/3 SATA 3Gb/s Connectors

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6) IDE (IDE Connector) The IDE connector supports up to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives. Before attaching the IDE cable, locate the foolproof groove on the connector. If you wish to connect two IDE devices, remember to set the jumpers and the cabling according to the role of the IDE devices (for example, master or slave). (For information about configuring master/slave settings for the IDE devices, read the instructions from the device manufacturers.) 40 39 2 1 7) SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The NVIDIA® GeForce 7050/ nForce 610i controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array. 1 Pin No. 1 Definition GND SATAII3 2 TXP 3 TXN 7 1 1 1 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 7 7 7 SATAII0 SATAII2 SATAII1 Please connect the L-shaped end of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to your SATA hard drive. A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard drives are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number. - 23 - Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation
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6)
IDE (IDE Connector)
The IDE connector supports up to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives. Before
attaching the IDE cable, locate the foolproof groove on the connector. If you wish to connect two IDE
devices, remember to set the jumpers and the cabling according to the role of the IDE devices (for
example, master or slave). (For information about configuring master/slave settings for the IDE
devices, read the instructions from the device manufacturers.)
Pin No.
Definition
1
GND
2
TXP
3
TXN
4
GND
5
RXN
6
RXP
7
GND
1
2
39
40
Please connect the L-shaped end
of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to your
SATA hard drive.
SATAII0
SATAII1
SATAII2
SATAII3
1
7
1
7
1
7
1
7
7)
SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s
standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The NVIDIA
®
GeForce 7050/
nForce 610i controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard
Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array.
A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard
drives are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.