4.Serial ATA connectors(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133).

If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 configuration through the onboard SB600 controller.

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M2A-VM SATA connectors

SATA4

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4

GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4

GND

SATA2 SATA3 SATA1

GND

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSATA_TXP2

 

 

 

RSATA_TXP3

 

 

 

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN2

 

 

 

RSATA_TXN3

 

 

 

RSATA_TXN1

GND

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

GND

RSATA_RXP2

 

 

 

RSATA_RXP3

 

 

 

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_RXN2

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN3

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN1

GND

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important note on Serial ATA

Install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

•For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.

•If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the onboard SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID controller]. See the page 2-25 for details.

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