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_8
GND
RSATA_TXP8
RSATA_TXN8
GND
RSATA_RXN8
RSATA_RXP8
GND
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| SATA6G_7 |
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| GND |
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| RSATA_TXP7 |
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| RSATA_TXN7 |
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| GND |
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| RSATA_RXN7 |
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| RSATA_RXP7 |
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| GND |
SATA6G_4 | SATA6G_5 | SATA6G_6 |
A88X-PLUS
GND | RSATA TXP4 | RSATA TXN4 | GND | RSATA RXN4 | RSATA RXP4 | GND | GND | RSATA TXP5 | RSATA TXN5 | GND | RSATA RXN5 | RSATA RXP5 | GND | GND | RSATA TXP6 | RSATA TXN6 | GND | RSATA RXN6 | RSATA RXP6 | GND |
SATA6G_1 | SATA6G_2 | SATA6G_3 | ||||||||||||||||||
GND | RSATA RXP1 | RSATA RXN1 | GND | RSATA TXN1 | RSATA TXP1 | GND | GND | RSATA RXP2 | RSATA RXN2 | GND | RSATA TXN2 | RSATA TXP2 | GND | GND | RSATA RXP3 | RSATA RXN3 | GND | RSATA TXN3 | RSATA TXP3 | GND |
•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
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