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 onboard Intel¨ ICH6R 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 Ò4.3.5 IDE ConfigurationÓ for details.
GND 
RSATA_TXP1 
RSATA_TXN1 
GND 
RSATA_RXP1 
RSATA_RXN1 
GND
GND 
RSATA_TXP2 
RSATA_TXN2 
GND 
RSATA_RXP2 
RSATA_RXN2 
GND
GND 
RSATA_TXP3 
RSATA_TXN3 
GND 
RSATA_RXP3 
RSATA_RXN3 
GND
GND 
RSATA_TXP4 
RSATA_TXN4 
GND 
RSATA_RXP4 
RSATA_RXN4 
GND
SATA1
SATA2
SATA3
SATA4
Important notes on Serial ATA
¥You must install Windows¨ 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows¨ 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows¨ Server 2003 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0and RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows¨ 2000/2003 Server.
¥Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 and RAID 1 set.
¥When using the connectors in Standard 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 connectionConnector | Setting | U s e |
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SATA1, SATA2 | Master | Boot disk |
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SATA3, SATA4 | Slave | Data disk |
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