Asus A85XM-A - Manual (Page 37)

3. Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~8)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6 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, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD configuration through the
onboard controller.
• These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. 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 2.5.2 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 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5
GND
GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND
SATA6G_2
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP8
RSATA_TXN8
GND
RSATA_RXN8
RSATA_RXP8
GND
SATA6G_8
GND
RSATA_TXP7
RSATA_TXN7
GND
RSATA_RXN7
RSATA_RXP7
GND
SATA6G_7
GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND
SATA6G_1
GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND
SATA6G_4
GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND
SATA6G_3
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A85XM-A SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
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