Asus A8V-XE 3. SerialATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

3. Seri al ATA connectors (7-pi n SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

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

		SATA4	GND RSATARXN4 RSATARXP4 GND RSATATXN4 RSATATXP4 GND	GND RSATARXN2 RSATARXP2 GND RSATATXN2 RSATATXP2 GND
	A8V-XE				SATA2
		SATA3	GND RSATA RXN3 RSATA RXP3 GND RSATA TXN3 RSATA TXP3 GND	GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND
					SATA1
A8V-XE SATA Connectors

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

For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID5, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.

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