4 . Serial ATA connectors(7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], 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 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.

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P5GDC SATA connectors

SATA3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP3

RSATA TXN3

GND

RSATA RXP3

RSATA RXN3

GND

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP4

RSATA TXN4

GND

RSATA RXP4

RSATA RXN4

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP1

RSATA TXN1

GND

RSATA RXP1

RSATA RXN1

GND

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP2

RSATA TXN2

GND

RSATA RXP2

RSATA RXN2

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

C o l o r

Setting

U s e

SATA1, SATA2

Red

Master

Boot Disk

 

 

 

 

SATA3, SATA4

Black

Slave

Data Disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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