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Chapter 2: Hardware informationChapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2: Hardware informationChapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2: Hardware information
3.3.
3.3.
3.
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
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 Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
through the onboard Intel
®
ICH5R integrated RAID controller.
These connectors are set to
Standard IDE Standard IDE
Standard IDE Standard IDE
Standard IDE mode by default. In
SS
SS
S
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard 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
Configure SATA As Configure SATA As
Configure SATA As Configure SATA As
Configure SATA As item in the BIOS
to [RAID]. See section “4.3.6 IDE Configuration” on page 4-15 for details.
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
Important notes on Serial ATA
• 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
SS
SS
S
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard IDE 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.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connectionSerial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connectionSerial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
ConnectorConnector
ConnectorConnector
Connector
SettingSetting
SettingSetting
Setting
UseUse
UseUse
Use
SATA1SATA1
SATA1SATA1
SATA1
MasterMaster
MasterMaster
Master
Boot diskBoot disk
Boot diskBoot disk
Boot disk
SATA2SATA2
SATA2SATA2
SATA2
SlaveSlave
SlaveSlave
Slave
Data diskData disk
Data diskData disk
Data disk
SATA2 SATA1
NCL-DS Series SATA connectors
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND