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

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (UltraDMA 133)

SATA2 SATA4

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND

SATA1

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND

SATA3

P4GD1

P4GD1 SATA connectors

GND RSATA TXP1 RSATA TXN1 GND RSATA RXP1 RSATA RXN1 GND

GND RSATA TXP3 RSATA TXN3 GND RSATA RXP3 RSATA RXN3 GND

Important notes on Serial ATA

•Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.

•Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1 and SATA2) to support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.

Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors

Connector

Setting

U s e

SATA1, SATA2

Master

Boot disk

 

 

 

SATA3, SATA4

Slave

Data disk

 

 

 

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