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• These connectors are set to
Standard IDE Standard IDE
Standard IDE Standard IDE
Standard IDE mode by default. In
SS
SS
S
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard 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 AsConfigure SATA As
Configure SATA AsConfigure SATA As
Configure SATA As
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section “4.3.6 IDE Configuration” on
page 4-16 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 Serial ATA hard disk
drives for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
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
if you are using Windows
®
2000/XP/Server 2003 or later version.
• When using the connectors in
SS
SS
S
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard 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.
4.4.
4.4.
4.
ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red],ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red],
ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red],ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red],
ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red],
SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
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 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.
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SATA1 SATA
2
GND RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND GND RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
GND RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA3 SATA
4