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, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel¨ Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel¨ ICH7R RAID controller. 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 Ò4.3.6 IDE ConfigurationÓ on page
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Important notes on Serial ATA
¥You must install Windows¨ 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows¨ XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows¨ 2000/XP.
¥When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table on the next page for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connectionConnector | C o l o r | Setting | U s e |
SATA1/SATA2 | R e d | Master | Boot disk |
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