3.ICH8R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red])

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® ICH8R RAID controller.

•These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode 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 [Configure SATA as] item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” on page 4-14 for details.

•For RAID 5, use at least three hard disk drives. For RAID 10, use at least four hard disk drives. Use two to four Serial ATA hard disk drives for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.

 

SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

P5B-E

GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND

GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

GND RSATA RXN3 RSATA RXP3 GND RSATA TXN3 RSATA TXP3 GND

 

SATA6

SATA5

SATA4

 

GND RSATA RXN6 RSATA RXP6 GND RSATA TXN6 RSATA TXP6 GND

GND RSATA RXN5 RSATA RXP5 GND RSATA TXN5 RSATA TXP5 GND

GND RSATA RXN4 RSATA RXP4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

P5B-E SATA connectors

•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/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/XP or later version.

•When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5/6 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

 

 

 

 

SATA1/2/5/6

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA3/4

Black

Slave

Data Disk

 

 

 

 

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