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Chapter 1: Product introduction

4.. Serial.ATA.connectors...

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(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, SATA6)
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,

and RAID 10 configuration through the onboard SB700 controller.

Important.note.on.Serial.ATA
Install the Windows

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XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and

RAID 10, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.

• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set

the OnChip.SATA.Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See

page 2-20 for details.

• If you change the OnChip.SATA.Type item in the BIOS to [RAID] or

[AHCI], set the SATA.IDE.Combined.Mode to [Disabled].to make

sure SATA5 and SATA6 (the black ports) work normally.

• If you want to do the task as GHOST, we suggest you connect the original

disk to the SATA5 or SATA6.

GND

RSATA_TXP4

RSATA_TXN4

GND

RSATA_RXP4

RSATA_RXN4

GND

SATA4

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_RXN1

GND

SATA1

GND

RSATA_TXP5

RSATA_TXN5

GND

RSATA_RXP5

RSATA_RXN5

GND

SATA5

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_RXN2

GND

SATA2

GND

RSATA_TXP6

RSATA_TXN6

GND

RSATA_RXP6

RSATA_RXN6

GND

SATA6

GND

RSATA_TXP3

RSATA_TXN3

GND

RSATA_RXP3

RSATA_RXN3

GND

SATA3

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