4 . Serial ATA connectors(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. 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 DMA/133)

SATA2

A8V-MX

A8V-MX SATA connectors

 

GND

RSATA TXP2

RSATA TXN2 GND

RSATA RXP2

RSATA RXN2

GND

 

 

SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP1

RSATA TXN1 GND

RSATA RXP1

RSATA RXN1

GND

 

 

SATA4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP4

RSATA TXN4 GND

RSATA RXP4

RSATA RXN4

GND

 

 

SATA3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

RSATA TXP3

RSATA TXN3 GND

RSATA RXP3

RSATA RXN3

GND

Important notes on Serial ATA

•Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.

•Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.

Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors

 

Connector

Setting

U s e

 

 

SATA1, SATA2

Master

Boot disk

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3, SATA4

Slave

Data disk

 

 

 

 

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