Asus M2A-VM - Manual (Page 39)

ASUS M2A-VM 1-27
4.. Serial.ATA.connectors... . . . .
(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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 3.0 Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of
the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s is 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 RAID 10 configuration through the onboard SB600 controller.
Important.note.on.Serial.ATA
Install the Windows
® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10,
refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the onboard.SATA.Type item in the BIOS to [RAID controller]. See the
page 2-25 for details.
M2A-VM
®
M2A-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
RS
RS
RS
RS
GND
ATA_TXP3
ATA_TXN3
GND
ATA_RXP3
ATA_RXN3
GND
SATA3