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3. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard
disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can
create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard controller.
• These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In IDE mode, you can connect
Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a
Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in
the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows ® XP SP3 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA3G_1
G
N
D
R
SATA
_R
XP
1
R
S
A
T
A
_R
XN
1
G
N
D
R
SATA
_TX
N
1
R
SATA_T
X
P
1
G
N
D
SATA3G_2
G
N
D
R
SATA
_TX
P
2
R
SA
T
A_
TX
N
2
G
N
D
R
SATA_R
XN
2
R
S
A
TA
_R
X
P
2
G
N
D
SATA3G_3
G
N
D
R
SATA
_R
XP
3
R
S
A
T
A
_R
XN
3
G
N
D
R
SATA_T
X
N
3
R
SATA_T
X
P
3
G
N
D
SATA3G_4
G
N
D
R
SATA_T
X
P
4
R
SA
T
A_TXN4
G
N
D
R
SATA
_R
XN
4
R
S
A
TA
_R
X
P
4
G
N
D
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