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Hardware Installation
2.64 Serial ATA Connectors
Two Serial ATA cables are provided with the system board. Connect
one end of the cable to J6 (SATA 2) or J12 (SATA 1) and the
other end to your serial ATA device.
BIOS Setting
Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Integrated Peripherals
submenu (“Intel OnChip IDE Device” field) of the BIOS. Refer to
chapter 3 for more information.
Configuring RAID on Serial ATA Drives
The ICH5R south bridge chip allows configuring RAID on serial
ATA drives. It supports RAID 0 and 1. The following must be set
accordingly.
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BIOS Setting
1. Enable the RAID function for Serial ATA drives in the Inte-
grated Peripherals submenu (“Intel OnChip IDE Device”
field) of the Award BIOS.
2. Configure and manage RAID in the Intel ICH5R BIOS Setting
Utility. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.
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Drivers and Utility
Install the Intel ICH5R drivers and utility. Refer to chapter 4 for
more information.
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SATA 2
SATA 1
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