3.ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1~6)

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® ICH9R RAID controller.

P5E

P5E SATA connectors

SATA1

SATA3

SATA5

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1

GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1

GND

GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3

GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3

GND

GND RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5

GND RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5

GND

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2

GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2

GND

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4

GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4

GND

GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6

GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6

GND

SATA2

SATA4

SATA6

•You must install 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® XP or later version.

•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 4.3.6 SATA Configuration 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.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

 

right angle side

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 conflict with huge

 

graphics cards.

 

 

 

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