Asus M2NPV-VM - Manual (Page 37)

A S U S M 2 N P V - V M A S U S M 2 N P V - V M A S U S M 2 N P V - V M A S U S M 2 N P V - V M A S U S M 2 N P V - V M 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7
4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 , S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 )
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 , S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 , S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 , S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 , S A T A 3 , S A T A 4 )
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
® MediaShield™ controller.
M2NPV-VM
®
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
I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A
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, 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 R A I D E n a b l e d
R A I D E n a b l e d R A I D E n a b l e d R A I D E n a b l e d R A I D E n a b l e d item in the NVRAID
Configuration sub-menu in the BIOS. See section “2.4.6 Onboard
Device Configuration” for details.