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2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information
Connect the right-angle side
of SATA signal cable to SATA
device. Or you may connect the
right-angle side of SATA cable to
the onboard SATA port to avoid
mechanical conict with huge
graphics cards.
right angle side
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You must install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is
available only if you are using Windows
®
XP or later version.
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When using the connectors in Native IDE mode, connect the primary (boot)
hard disk drive to the SATA1/3 connector. Refer to the table below for the
recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector Color Setting Use
SATA 1/3 Red Master Boot disk
SATA 2/4 Black Slave Data disk