•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 “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” on page 4-15 for details.

•For RAID 5, use at least three hard disk drives. For RAID 10, use at least four hard disk drives. Use two to four hard disk drives for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.

P5LD2

P5LD2 SATA connectors

SATA4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_RSATATXP4 _RSATATXN4

_RSATARXP4 _RSATARXN4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

GND

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_RSATATXP3 _RSATATXN3

_RSATARXP3 _RSATARXN3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

GND

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA1

 

 

 

 

SATA2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_RSATATXP1 _RSATATXN1

_RSATARXP1 _RSATARXN1

 

 

 

_RSATATXP2 _RSATATXN2

_RSATARXP2 _RSATARXN2

GND

GND

GND

 

 

 

 

GND

GND

GND

Important notes on Serial ATA

•You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/ RAID 10) is available only when 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 below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA1/SATA2

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA3/SATA4

Black

Slave

Data disk

 

 

 

 

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Chapter 2: Hardware information