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Mediashield™ controller, Asus m2npv-vm 1-31, M2npv-vm.sata.connectors – Asus M2NPV-VM User Manual

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ASUS M2NPV-VM

1-31

4.. Serial.ATA.connectors...

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(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

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MediaShield™ controller.

M2NPV-VM

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M2NPV-VM.SATA.connectors

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_RXN1

GND

SATA1

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_RXN2

GND

SATA2

GND

RSATA_TXP4

RSATA_TXN4

GND

RSATA_RXP4

RSATA_RXN4

GND

SATA4

GND

RSATA_TXP3

RSATA_TXN3

GND

RSATA_RXP3

RSATA_RXN3

GND

SATA3

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

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2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows

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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 NVRAID Configuration

sub-menu in the BIOS. See section “2.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration”

for details.