3.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)

These connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (UltraDMA133).

You can configure a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or JBOD set together with the Primary IDE connector.

K8V-E

K8N-E SATA Connectors

SATA2 SATA1

GND RSATA RXP2 RSATA RXN2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

GND RSATA RXP1 RSATA RXN1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND

Important notes on Serial ATA solution:

•The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible, allowing easier routing inside the chassis. The lower pin count of the Serial ATA cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide, flat ribbon cables of the Parallel ATA interface.

•Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections is not available on this motherboard.

•Install Windows® XP Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA drives.

•Refer to section “5.6.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations” for details on SATA RAID configuration.

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