3.Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~8)

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

 

 

SATA6G_7

 

 

GND

 

 

RSATA_TXP7

 

 

RSATA_TXN7

 

 

GND

 

 

RSATA_RXN7

 

 

RSATA_RXP7

 

 

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

A88X-PLUS AMD® 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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