C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n
C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n
C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n
C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n
C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n
4 - 1 0
4 - 1 0
4 - 1 0
4 - 1 0
4 - 1 0
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r
S e t t i n g
S e t t i n g
S e t t i n g
S e t t i n g
S e t t i n g
U s e
U s e
U s e
U s e
U s e
S A T A 1
S A T A 1
S A T A 1
S A T A 1
S A T A 1
M a s t e r
M a s t e r
M a s t e r
M a s t e r
M a s t e r
B o o t d i s k
B o o t d i s k
B o o t d i s k
B o o t d i s k
B o o t d i s k
S A T A 2
S A T A 2
S A T A 2
S A T A 2
S A T A 2
S l a v e
S l a v e
S l a v e
S l a v e
S l a v e
D a t a d i s k
D a t a d i s k
D a t a d i s k
D a t a d i s k
D a t a d i s k
3 .
3 .
3 .
3 .
3 .
S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
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 or
RAID 1 configuration with the Adaptec
®
HostRAID™ technology
supported by the Intel
®
6300ESB South bridge chip.
®
NCL-DSR1
SATA2
SATA1
NCL-DSR1 SATA connectors
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP1
RSA
T
A_TXN1
GND
RSA
T
A_RXN1
RSA
T
A_RXP1
GND
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP2
RSA
T
A_TXN2
GND
RSA
T
A_RXN2
RSA
T
A_RXP2
GND
These connectors are set to S t a n d a r d I D E
S t a n d a r d I D E
S t a n d a r d I D E
S t a n d a r d I D E
S t a n d a r d I D E mode by default. In
S
S
S
S
S t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E 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 C o n f i g u r e
C o n f i g u r e
C o n f i g u r e
C o n f i g u r e
C o n f i g u r e S
S
S
S
S ----- A T A
A T A
A T A
A T A
A T A a s R A I D
a s R A I D
a s R A I D
a s R A I D
a s R A I D item in
the BIOS to [Yes]. See page 5-17 for details.
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
•
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) is available only if you are using
Windows
®
2000/XP.
•
Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1
set.
•
When using the connectors in S
S
S
S
Standard IDE
t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E
t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the
primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector.
Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive
connections.