• To build RAID 1, we recommend that you install the hard disk drives on the ASUS EZ-Backup connectors (EZ_RAID1 and EZ_RAID2) to enjoy the instant setup; otherwise, you may also install on the ICH7R connectors.

•You may install an extra hard disk drive on.the JMicron Serial ATA connector after using up the Intel® ICH7R and ASUS EZ-Backup connectors

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
ConnectorColorSettingUse

SATA1

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA 3/SATA4

Black

Slave

Data disk

5.JMicron® JMB363 Serial ATA connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [black])

This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable for a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you can combine with an external Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s device to configure a RAID 0, and RAID 1 set through the onboard Jmicron® JMB363 SATA RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.

P5W DH DELUXE

SATA_RAID1

GND

RSATA_RXN2

RSATA_RXP2

GND

RSATA_TXN2

RSATA_TXP2

GND

P5W DH DELUXE SATA RAID connector

The JMicron® JMB363 Controller item in the BIOS is set to [Basic] by default, allowing you to enable the hot-plug function for the external device. Set to [Raid] to use the connector to build a RAID set. See section “4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.

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