Asus manual Serial ATA connectors Pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, M2NPV-MX Sata connectors

4 . Serial ATA connectors

(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA

3.0Gb/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.

	SATA3
	GND
	RSATA_TXP3
	RSATA_TXN3
	GND
	RSATA_RXP3
	RSATA_RXN3
	GND
M2NPV-MX
	SATA1
	GND
	RSATA_TXP1
	RSATA_TXN1
	GND
	RSATA_RXP1
M2NPV-MX SATA connectors	RSATA_RXN1
	GND

SATA4

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4

GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4

GND

SATA2

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2

GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2

GND

Important note on Serial ATA

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 RAID Enabled item in the NVRAID Configuration sub-menu in the BIOS. See section “2.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.

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