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

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 (Ultra DMA/133)

P4S8X-MX

GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND

SATA2

GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND

P4S8X-MX SATA connectors

SATA1

If you install SATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD configuration with the SIS964 RAID controller. Refer to page 2-16 for the BIOS setting and page 3-18 for creating a RAID driver disk.

¥ Install Windows¨ 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows¨ XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using the Serial ATA feature.

¥The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) is available only if youÕre using Windows¨ 2000/XP or Windows¨ 2003 Server operating systems.

¥Hot plug support for the Serial ATA drive and connectors are not available in this motherboard.

¥Make sure to install the SIS RAID drivers before using the Serial ATA connectors.

Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors

Connector

Setting

U s e

SATA1

Master

Boot disk

SATA2

Slave

Data disk

 

 

 

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