Asus Motherboard A8V-MX - Manual (Page 36)

1 - 2 6 1 - 2 6 1 - 2 6 1 - 2 6 1 - 2 6 C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n
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
hard disk drives. 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 DMA/133)
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 Windows ® XP
Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 or
SATA3). 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, SATA3 Master Boot disk
SATA2, SATA4 Slave Data disk
A8V-MX
®
A8V-MX SATA connectors
GND
RSA
TA_TXP1
RSA
TA
_TXN1
GND
R
S ATA
_ R X P
1
RSA
TA
_RXN1
GND
SATA1
GND
RSA
TA_TXP2
RSA
TA_TXN2
GND
RSA
TA
_RXP2
RSA
TA_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND
RSA
TA_TXP3
RSA
TA_TXN3
GND
RSA
TA
_RXP3
RSA
TA_RXN3
GND
SATA3
GND
RSA
TA
_TXP4
RSA
TA_TXN4
GND
RSA
TA
_RXP4
RSA
TA
_RXN4
GND
SATA4