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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 or

RAID 1 configuration using the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Technology. Refer

to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial RAID configurations.

Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
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 when 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.
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, adjust the RAID controller setting in the BIOS
Setup. See section “4.3.6 IDE Configuration” on page 4-15 for details.
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P5GD2 Deluxe SATA connectors

SATA2 GND

RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND

SATA1 GND

RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND

SATA4 GND

RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND

SATA3 GND

RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectorsSerial ATA Master/Slave connectorsSerial ATA Master/Slave connectorsSerial ATA Master/Slave connectorsSerial ATA Master/Slave connectors
ConnectorConnector
ConnectorConnector
Connector SettingSetting
SettingSetting
Setting ColorColor
ColorColor
Color Use Use
Use Use
Use
SATA1, SATA2 Master Red Boot disk
SATA3, SATA4 Slave Black Data disk