Asus F2A85-V PRO - Manual (Page 42)

2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2
2.2.8 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~7)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0
Gb/s signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
configuration through the onboard AMD ® A85X chipset.
• These connectors are set to [AHCI] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID
set using these connectors, set the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID].
Refer to section 3.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• When using NCQ, set the OnChip SATA Type in the BIOS to [AHCI]. Refer to section
3.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using Windows
® XP SP3 or later versions.
F2A85-V PRO SATA6G_1 SATA6G_2
GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND
SATA6G_3 SATA6G_4
GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND
SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6
GND RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5 GND RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND
SATA6G_7
GND
RSATA_TXP7
RSATA_TXN7
GND
RSATA_RXN7
RSATA_RXP7
GND
GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND RSATA_TXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND
F2A85-V PRO SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors