Asus P5GDC 3 . Serial ATA connectors, Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors, (7-pinSATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])

3 . 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 “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” for details.

		SATA3
	P5GDC PRO
			GND	RSATA TXP3	RSATA TXN3	GND	RSATA RXP3	RSATA RXN3	GND
		SATA1
			GND	RSATATXP1	RSATATXN1	GND	RSATARXP1	RSATARXN1	GND
P5GDC PRO SATA connectors

Important notes on Serial ATA

SATA4

	GND	RSATA_TXP4	RSATA_TXN4	GND	RSATA_RXP4	RSATA_RXN4	GND
SATA2
	GND	RSATA_TXP2	RSATA_TXN2	GND	RSATA_RXP2	RSATA_RXN2	GND

•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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