3.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, SATA6)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID

1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD configuration with the onboard NVIDIA®

MediaShield™ RAID controller.

The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, enable the RAID Enabled item under the Serial ATA Configuration sub-menu in the BIOS. See section “4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.

STRIKER

STRIKER SATA connectors

SATA1 SATA3 SATA5

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

RSATA

 

RSATA

 

 

RSATA

 

RSATA

 

 

RSATA

 

RSATA

 

 

TXN1_ TXP1RSATA

RXN1_ RXP1RSATA

 

 

 

TXN3_ TXP3RSATA

RXN3_ RXP3RSATA

 

 

 

TXN5_ TXP5RSATA

RXN5_ RXP5RSATA

SATA2

 

SATA4

 

SATA6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

RSATA

 

RSATA

 

 

 

RSATA

 

RSATA

 

 

 

RSATA

 

RSATA

 

 

TXN2RSATA TXP2_

RXN2RSATA RXP2_

 

 

 

TXN4RSATA TXP4_

RXN4RSATA RXP4_

 

 

 

TXN6RSATA TXP6_

RXN6RSATA RXP6_

These connectors support Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, Hot Swap and smart setup.

Right-angle side

Connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to the SATA device, or connect the right‑angle side of the SATA cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards.

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