Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 - Page 24

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7) IDE (IDE Connector)
The IDE connector supports up to two IDE devices such as hard drives and optical drives. Before attach-
ing the IDE cable, locate the foolproof groove on the connector. If you wish to connect two IDE devices,
remember to set the jumpers and the cabling according to the role of the IDE devices (for example,
masterorslave).(Forinformationaboutconguringmaster/slavesettingsfortheIDEdevices,readthe
instructions from the device manufacturers.)
8) SATA3_0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by AMD SB850 South Bridge)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standards. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The AMD SB850 controller
supportsRAID0,RAID1,RAID5,RAID10,andJBOD.RefertoChapter5,"ConguringSATAHard
Drive(s),"forinstructionsonconguringaRAIDarray.
PinNo. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
• A RAID 0 or RAID1conguration 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congurationrequiresatleastthreeharddrives.(Thetotalnumberofharddrives
does not have to be an even number.)
• ARAID10congurationrequiresatleastfourharddrivesandthetotalnumberofharddrives
must be an even number.
2
40
1
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SATA3_0
SATA3_1
SATA3_4
SATA3_3
SATA3_5
SATA3_2
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
1
7
1
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
7
7
1
1
Please connect the L-shaped end of
the SATA cable to your SATA hard
drive.