3.Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~6)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.

SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6

GND

GND

GND

RSATATXP5 RSATATXN5

 

RSATARXN5 RSATARXP5

SATA6G_3

GND

GND

GND

RSATATXP6 RSATATXN6

 

RSATARXN6 RSATARXP6

SATA6G_4

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

RSATATXP3 RSATATXN3

 

RSATARXN3 RSATARXP3

RSATATXP4 RSATATXN4

RSATARXN4 RSATARXP4

 

SATA6G_1 SATA6G_2

A88XM-A

 

 

 

 

 

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

RSATATXP1 RSATATXN1

 

RSATARXN1 RSATARXP1

RSATATXP2 RSATATXN2

RSATARXN2 RSATARXP2

 

A88XM-A SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors

 

•These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.

•You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using Windows® XP SP3 or later version.

•When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.

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