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6.. Serial.ATA.connectors.(7-pin.SATA1,.SATA2,.SATA3,.SATA4)
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 Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification.
The current Serial ATA I interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate
while Serial ATA II allows up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate, 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 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA ®
MediaShield™ controller.
Important note on Serial ATA
Install the Windows
® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows ® XP Service Pack1
before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5,and JBOD,
refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
• 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 RAID Enabled item in the Serial-ATA Configuration sub-menu in the
BIOS. See section “2.4.5 Onboard Devices Configuration” for details.
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