Owner's Manual

Hardware Installation- 27 -

9) SATA2_0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors)

The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s

standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The ICH10R controller supports

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for

instructions on configuring a RAID array.

Pin No. Definition

1 GND

2 TXP

3 TXN

4 GND

5 RXN

6 RXP

7 GND

• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard

drives are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.

• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard

drives does not have to be an even number.)

• A RAID 10 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard

drives must be an even number.

Please connect the L-shaped end

of the SATA 3Gb/s cable to your

SATA hard drive.

SATA2_4

SATA2_5

SATA2_2

SATA2_3

SATA2_0

SATA2_1