Asus P5LD2 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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4.4.
4.4.
4.
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red],Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red],
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red],Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red],
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red],
SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
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,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage
Technology through the onboard Intel
®
ICH7R RAID controller. Refer to
Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.
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 4-16 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 or later versions 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.
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 on the next page for the recommended SATA hard
disk drive connections.
P5LD2 DELUXE
®
P5LD2 DELUXE SATA connectors
SATA1 SATA
2
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA
3
SATA4
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
ColorColor
ColorColor
Color
SettingSetting
SettingSetting
Setting
UseUse
UseUse
Use
SATA1/SATA2SATA1/SATA2
SATA1/SATA2SATA1/SATA2
SATA1/SATA2
RedRed
RedRed
Red
MasterMaster
MasterMaster
Master
Boot diskBoot disk
Boot diskBoot disk
Boot disk
SATA3/SATA4SATA3/SATA4
SATA3/SATA4SATA3/SATA4
SATA3/SATA4
BlackBlack
BlackBlack
Black
SlaveSlave
SlaveSlave
Slave
Data diskData disk
Data diskData disk
Data disk