As other owners of this board know, there are the four standard SATA connectors, then another one called the SATA_RAID 2 connector, that, according to the manual, you can combine with an external SATA device to configure a RAID 0 or 1 set. Is there any way to use this connector WITHOUT a RAID implementation ? I don't think so but wanted to check if someone had figured this out. Also, if you DO use this for a RAID set, does it just allow you to have ONE of the drives internal, and the rest MUST be external ? Does this whole subject imply that the external SATA connector can ONLY be used for RAID if you are using the SATA_RAID 2 connector for a RAID setup ? Thanks, Scott