Asus PCH-DL User Manual

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5. RAID ATA/133/100/66/33 connector (40-1 pin PRI_RAID1)

This connector supports either RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration through
the onboard Promise

®

PDC20378 controller. You can connect two

UltraATA133 hard disks to this connector and set up a disk array
configuration. You may also set up the UltraATA133 hard disks with the
Serial ATA hard disks on the Serial ATA RAID connectors to create a
multi-RAID configuration.

PCH-DL

PCH-DL RAID Connector

NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.

PRI_RAID1

PIN 1

1. If you wish to create a RAID set using UltraATA hard disks, make

sure that you have connected the UltraATA cable and installed
UltraATA 133 hard disks.

2. The Promise

®

PDC20378 RAID controller does not support ATAPI

devices such as CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, etc.

3. For RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations, use both Parallel ATA and

Serial ATA devices for better performance.

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