4 . Serial ATA connectors
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 ATA RAID configurations.
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 IDE Configuration” for details.
P5GD2
SATA2
SATA1
GND 
RSATA_TXP2 
RSATA_TXN2 
GND 
RSATA_RXP2 
RSATA_RXN2 
GND
GND 
RSATA_TXP1 
RSATA_TXN1 
GND 
RSATA_RXP1 
RSATA_RXN1 
GND
SATA4
SATA3
GND 
RSATA_TXP4 
RSATA_TXN4 
GND 
RSATA_RXP4 
RSATA_RXN4 
GND
GND 
RSATA_TXP3 
RSATA_TXN3 
GND 
RSATA_RXP3 
RSATA_RXN3 
GND
P5GD2 SATA connectors
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 2 Serial ATA RAID connectors for a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
•When using the Serial ATA connectors in Standard IDE mode, 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 | C o l o r | Use |
| SATA1, SATA2 | Master | Red | Boot disk |
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| SATA3, SATA4 | Slave | Black | Data disk |
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