Asus K8V 3.Serial ATA RAID connectors, ASUS K8V Deluxe motherboard user guide, (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SEC_SATA, PRI_SATA), Important notes on Serial ATA solution:

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

These next generation 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).

SATA2	SEC_SATA
GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND		GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND

K8V	SATA1	PRI_SATA
	GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND	GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND

K8V SATA RAID Connectors

Important notes on Serial ATA solution:

•The Promise® 20378 RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0 + 1 using the PRI_RAID, PRI_SATA and SEC_SATA connectors.

•The VIA® VT8237 SouthBridge integrated RAID controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 using the SATA1 and SATA2 connectors.

•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 are not available in this motherboard.

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

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