Asus P4P800S SE - Manual (Page 30)

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3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA2, SATA1)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for Serial ATA
hard disks. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer
rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra ATA/133).
P4P800S SE
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P4P800S SE SATA Connectors
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA2
GND RSA
T
A_TXP2
RSA
T
A_TXN2
GND RSA
T A_RXN2
RSA
T A_RXP2
GND
Important notes on Serial ATA solution:
• In legacy operating system (Win 98, WinME, WinNT, DOS)
environment, using SATA will disable one of the IDE channels from
ICH5 south bridge chipset. See BIOS section for correct setting.
• The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible allowing easier
routing inside the chassis. The lower pin count of the Serial ATA
cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide, flat ribbon cables
of the Parallel ATA interface.
• Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not
available in this motherboard.
• Install Windows ® XP™ Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA.
The Serial ATA cable is purchased separately.