Asus Motherboard A7S8X-MX - Manual (Page 35)

A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 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 )
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
• Install the Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the XP Service Pack1
before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.
• Serial ATA is supported under Windows ® XP/2000/2003 only.
Legacy operating systems, such as Windows ® 98 SE/Me, do not
support native Serial ATA mode. See page 2-23.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1) to
support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
SATA1 Master Boot disk
SATA2 Slave Data disk
A7S8X-MX
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A7S8X-MX SATA connectors
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND