Asus K8V-F, VIA VT8237 Important notes on Serial ATA, Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2

• Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the

UltraATA cable connector. This prevents incorrect orientation when you connect the cables.

•For UltraATA133 IDE devices, use an 80-conductor IDE cable. The UltraATA cable included in the motherboard package also supports UltraATA133 or UltraATA100.

•The hole near the blue connector on the UltraATA133 cable is intentional.

4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)

These next generation connectors support the thin SerialATAcables for primaryinternal storage devices. The current SerialATAinterface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (UltraATA133).

	SATA2
	GND	RSATA TXP2	RSATA TXN2	GND	RSATA RXP2	RSATA RXN2	GND
K8V-F	SATA1
K8V-F SATA Connectors	GND	RSATATXP1	RSATATXN1	GND	RSATARXP1	RSATARXN1	GND

Important notes on Serial ATA

•The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible allowing easier routing inside the chassis. The lower pin count of the Serial ATA cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide, flat ribbon cables of the Parallel ATA interface.

•Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not available in this motherboard.

•Install Windows® XP™ Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA.

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