Intel FS-979 2.7 <Serial ATA interface>

FS-979 User’s Manual Hardware Setup

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2.7 <Serial ATA interface>

FS-979 has four Serial ATA interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA

can be up to 150MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/ for more about Serial ATA

technology information. Based on Intel® ICH6R, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage

Technology with combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes. The main features of RAID on

ICH6R are listed below:

1. Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single, two-hard drive RAID array.

2. Supports for two, two-hard drive RAID arrays on any of four Serial ATA ports.

3. Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices.

4. Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild.

5. Supports for AHCI on RAID arrays, including NCQ and nati ve hot plug.

For more information please visit Intel’s official website.

For more about the system setup for Serial ATA, please check the chapter of SATA

configuration.

S_ATA2

S_ATA1

S_ATA4

S_ATA3

Contents

Main Page Packing List: Hardware: Cable Kit: CD Content: Index Page Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> 1.2 <Product Specification> General S pecification Page FS-979 Users Manual Introduction Component Placement 10 1.3 <Component Placement> 1.4 <Block Diagram> PICMG Backplane Page FS-979 Users Manual Hardware Setup Connector Location 13 Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> 2.1 <Connector Location> 2.2 <Connector Reference> 2.3 <Jumper Reference> 2.4 <CPU and Memory installation> Page 2.5 <CMOS Setup> 2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface> 2.7 <Serial ATA interface> 2.8 <LAN Interface> 2.9 <Audio Interface> 2.10 <Display Interface> Page 2.11 <Compact Flash Interface> 2.12 <USB2.0 Interface> 2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> Page 2.14 <Serial Port Configuration> 2.15 <GPIO Interface> 2.16 <Switch and Indicator> Page Chapter 3 <System Configuration> 3.1 <SATA Configuration> { { { { { { X { Page On-Chip Serial ATA mode: 3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> Page Page 3.3 <Video Memory Setup> Page 3.4 <Display Properties Setting> Page Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> Page Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> A.1 IDE Port A.2 <Serial ATA Port> A.3 < Floppy Port > A.4 <IrDA Port> A.5 < Parallel Port> A.6 <Serial Port> A.6.1 <External DB9 serial port> A.6.2 <Internal serial port> A.7 <VGA Port> A.8 <LAN Port> A.8.1 < Fast Ethernet> A.8.2 <Gigabit Ethernet > A.9 <A T Keyboard Port> A.10 <PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Port> Page Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool B.2 Flash Method Contact Information Taiwan Commate Computer Inc.