4 . Serial ATA connectors(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

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 can create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH6R RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for information on creating a RAID configuration.

These connectors are set to Standard IDE configuration 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 IDE Configuration” for details.

SATA2

P5GD1

SATA1

P5GD1 SATA connectors

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2

GND RSATA_RXN2

RSATA_RXP2

GND

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1

GND RSATA_RXN1

RSATA_RXP1

GND

SATA4

SATA3

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4

GND RSATA_RXN4

RSATA_RXP4

GND

GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3

GND RSATA_RXN3

RSATA_RXP3

GND

Important notes on Serial ATA

•These connectors support the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.

•The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/XP.

•Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.

•Use only a maximum of 2 ports for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.

•Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.

Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors

 

Connector

Setting

U s e

 

 

SATA1, SATA2

Master

Boot disk

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3, SATA4

Slave

Data disk

 

 

 

 

ASUS P5GD1

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