Asus V3-M2V890 - Manual (Page 51)

4-5 ASUS V-Series M2V890
2. Serial ATA connectors
(7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk and optical disk drives that allows up to 150 MB/s data
transfer rates, 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, and JBOD configuration through the onboard VIA ® VT8237R
Plus controller.
SATA1
G N D
RS
A
TA_TXP1
RS
A
TA_TXN1
G N D
RS
A
TA_RXP1
RS
A
TA_RXN1
G N D
SATA2
G N D
RS
A
TA_TXP2
RS
A
TA_TXN2
G N D
RS
A
TA_RXP2
RS
A
TA_RXN2
G N D
SATA connectors
Install the Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows ® XP Service
Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, 1, and
JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
• The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by
default. See section “5.4.4 Onboard Device Configuration” for
details.