3.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [red])

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 1.5 Gb/s specification.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1,

RAID 0+1, RAID 5, or JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA®

MediaShield™ controller.

SATA2 SATA1 SATA4 SATA3

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2

GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2

GND

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1

GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1

GND

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4

GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4

GND

GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3

GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3

GND

M2N/M2N DH SATA Connectors

The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, enable the nVidia RAID Function item in the BIOS. See section “4.3.4 IDE Configuration” for details.

4.Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM1)

This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.

COM1

PIN1

M2N/M2N DH COM Port Connector

The COM module is purchased separately.

ASUS M2N / M2N DH

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