6.Serial ATA connectors
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/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, RAID 5,
RAID 0+1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
SATA6 | SATA5 | ||||
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| RSATA_RXN6 |
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| RSATA_RXN5 |
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| RSATA_RXP6 |
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| RSATA_RXP5 |
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| RSATA_TXN6 |
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| RSATA_TXN5 |
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| RSATA_TXP6 |
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| RSATA_TXP5 |
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SATA4 | SATA3 | ||||
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| RSATA_RXN4 |
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| RSATA_RXN3 |
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| RSATA_RXP4 |
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| RSATA_RXP3 |
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| GND |
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| GND |
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| RSATA_TXN4 |
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| RSATA_TXN3 |
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| RSATA_TXP4 |
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| RSATA_TXP3 |
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| SATA2 | SATA1 |
GND | GND | |
| RSATA_RXN2 | RSATA_RXN1 |
| RSATA_RXP2 | RSATA_RXP1 |
| GND | GND |
| RSATA_TXN2 | RSATA_TXN1 |
| RSATA_TXP2 | RSATA_TXP1 |
| GND | GND |
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Install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
•For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and
RAID 10, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.
•If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See the page
•Due to the chipset’s limitation, SATA 5 and SATA 6 do not support IDE mode, only support AHCI and RAID mode.
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