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

P4P800 SATA Connectors

SATA1

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND

SATA2

GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND

Important notes on Serial ATA solution:

•In legacy operating system (Win 98, WinME, WinNT, DOS) environment, using SATA will disable one of the IDE channels from ICH5R south bridge chipset. See BIOS section for correct setting.

•The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible allowing easier routing inside the chassis. The lower pin count of the Serial ATA cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide, flat ribbon cables of the Parallel ATA interface.

•The Serial ATA RAID driver is available for Windows® XP™ only.

•Only RAID 0 is supported.

•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.

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