Asus F1A55-M LE R2.0 - Manual (Page 40)

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4. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G 1~6)
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, RAID 10, or JBOD 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 2.5.2 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.
F1A55-M LE R2.0
GND
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1
GND
RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1
GND
SATA3G_1
GND
RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2
GND
RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2
GND
SATA3G_2
GND
RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3
GND
RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3
GND
SATA3G_3
GND
RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4
GND
RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4
GND
SATA3G_4
GND
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5
GND
RSATA_TXN5
RSATA_TXP5
GND
SATA3G_5
GND
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
RSATA_TXN6
RSATA_TXP6
GND
SATA3G_6
F1A55-M LE R2.0 SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors