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2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information
3. ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you
can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 conguration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage
Technology through the onboard Intel
®
ICH9R RAID controller.
P5E3
®
P5E3 SATA connectors
SATA2 SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA3 SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
SATA5SATA6
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5
GND
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 Congure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section 4.3.6 SATA Conguration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to
5.4.2 Intel RAID Conguration or the
manual bundled in the motherboard Support DVD.
You must install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 or later version before
using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1,
5 and 10) is available only if you are using Windows
®
XP or later version.
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Congure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 4.3.6 SATA Conguration for details.
Connect the right-angle side
of SATA signal cable to SATA
device. Or you may connect the
right-angle side of SATA cable to
the onboard SATA port to avoid
mechanical conict with huge
graphics cards.
right angle side
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector Color Setting Use
SATA 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
SATA 3/4 Red Slave Boot/Data disk
SATA 5/6 Red Master Boot disk
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