Asus P5GDC Deluxe - Manual (Page 40)

1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0 1 - 3 0 C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : H a r d w a r e i n f o r m a t i o n
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] ,
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ r e d ] , S A T A 2 [ r e d ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] ,
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
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 can create a RAID
0 or RAID 1 configuration with the Intel
® Matrix Storage Technology
through the onboard Intel ® ICH6R RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5
for information on creating a RAID configuration.
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
• 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 before using Serial ATA.
• Use only a maximum of two ports for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and
SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table on the next page
for details.
These connectors are set to Standard IDE configuration 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
C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item in the BIOS
to RAID. See section “2.3.5 IDE Configuration” for details.
P5GDC
P5GDC SATA connectors
SATA1
GND
RSA
TA_TXP1
RSA
TA_TXN1
GND
RSA
TA_RXP1
RSA
TA_RXN1
GND
SATA4
GND
RSA
TA_TXP4
RSA
TA_TXN4
GND
RSA
TA_RXP4
RSA
TA_RXN4
GND
SATA3
GND
RSA
TA_TXP3
RSA
TA_TXN3
GND
RSA
TA_RXP3
RSA
TA_RXN3
GND
SATA2
GND
RSA
TA_TXP2
RSA
TA_TXN2
GND
RSA
TA_RXP2
RSA
TA_RXN2
GND