Asus RS160-E2 - Manual (Page 54)

C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
S A T A 1 S A T A 1 S A T A 1 S A T A 1 S A T A 1 M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k
S A T A 2 S A T A 2 S A T A 2 S A T A 2 S A T A 2 S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 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 , S A T A 2 ) 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 , S A T A 2 ) 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 , S A T A 2 ) 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 , S A T A 2 ) 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 , S A T A 2 )
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 with the Adaptec
® HostRAID™ technology
supported by the Intel ® 6300ESB South bridge chip.
®
NCL-DSR1
SATA2 SATA1
NCL-DSR1 SATA connectors
GND RSA
T A_TXP1
RSA
T A_TXN1
GND RSA
T A_RXN1
RSA
T A_RXP1
GND GND RSA
T A_TXP2
RSA
T A_TXN2
GND RSA
T A_RXN2
RSA
T A_RXP2
GND
These connectors are set to S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E S t a n d a r d I D E mode by default. In
S S S S S t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d 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
C o n f i g u r e C o n f i g u r e C o n f i g u r e C o n f i g u r e S S S S S ----- A T A A T A A T A A T A A T A a s R A I D a s R A I D a s R A I D a s R A I D a s R A I D item in
the BIOS to [Yes]. See page 5-17 for details.
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
• You must install Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows ® XP
Service Pack 1 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/XP.
• Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1
set.
• When using the connectors in S S S S Standard IDE t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d I D E t a n d a r d 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.