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

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 (Ultra ATA/133).

P4P800-X

P4P800-X SATA connectors

SATA2

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXN2

RSATA_RXP2

GND

SATA1

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXN1

RSATA_RXP1

GND

Important notes on Serial ATA

In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows 98/ME) environment, using the Serial ATA connectors will disable the ICH5 chipset support to one of the IDE channels (either primary or secondary channel).

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.

ASUS P4P800-X motherboard

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