8.AMD® A55 Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~6 [blue])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical drives via Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, and 0+1(10) configurations through the onboard AMDl® A55 chipset.

SATA3G_5

SATA3G_6

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

F2A55-M

SATA3G_3

SATA3G_4

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

SATA3G_1

SATA3G_2

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

F2A55-M SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors

•These connectors are set to [AHCI] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to the RAID Supplementary Guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.

•You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is available only if you are using Windows® XP SP3 or later version.

•When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.

ASUS F2A55-M

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