Asus A8N-VM - Manual (Page 33)

A S U S A 8 N - V M A S U S A 8 N - V M A S U S A 8 N - V M A S U S A 8 N - V M A S U S A 8 N - V M 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3
4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 . 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 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 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 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 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 )
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 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.
A8N-VM
®
A8N-VM SATA connectors
SATA1
SATA2
GND RSA
TA_TXP2
RSA
TA_TXN2
GND RSA
TA_RXP2
RSA
TA_RXN2
GND
GND RSA
TA_TXP1
RSA
TA_TXN1
GND RSA
TA_RXP1
RSA
TA_RXN1
GND
For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, 1, and 0+1, refer
to the RAID manual in the support CD. See page 3-6 for details.