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

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, or JBOD configuration through the

onboard controller.

SATA6G_7

GND

RSATA_TXP7

RSATA_TXN7

GND

RSATA_RXN7

RSATA_RXP7

GND

SATA6G_5

GND RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5 GND RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND

SATA6G_6

GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND RSATA_TXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND

SATA6G_3

SATA6G_4

GND RSATA RXP3

RSATA RXN3

GND RSATA TXN3

RSATA TXP3

GND

GND RSATA RXP4

RSATA RXN4

GND RSATA TXN4

RSATA TXP4

GND

SATA6G_1

SATA6G_2

F2A85-M

RSATA RXN1

 

 

 

 

RSATA RXN2

 

 

 

GND RSATA RXP1

GND RSATA TXN1

RSATA TXP1

GND

GND RSATA RXP2

GND RSATA TXN2

RSATA TXP2

GND

F2A85-M SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors

•These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. In AHCI mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. 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 2.5.2 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 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.

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