Asus M2N DH - Manual (Page 47)

ASUS M2N / M2N DH 2-2
3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red],
SATA4 [red])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3.0
Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s specification.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA ®
MediaShield™ controller.
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M2N/M2N DH SATA Connectors
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
SATA3
4. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM1)
This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable
to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the
system chassis.
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M2N/M2N DH COM Port Connector
PIN1
COM1
The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by default. If you
intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, enable the
nVidia RAID Function item in the BIOS. See section “4.3.4 IDE Configuration”
for details.
The COM module is purchased separately.