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3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
3Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the
Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra
DMA133).
If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and
RAID 10, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the SATA Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See the
page 2-16 for details.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector
Color
Setting
Use
SATA1/2
Red
Master
Boot disk
SATA3/4
Red
Slave
Data disk
SATA2
GN
D
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GN
D
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GN
D
SATA4
GN
D
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GN
D
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GN
D
SATA1
GN
D
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GN
D
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GN
D
SATA3
GN
D
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GN
D
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GN
D
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