3 . Serial ATA connectors
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD configuration through the onboard VIA VT8251 RAID controller.
SATA3 | SATA1 | ||
GND |
| GND |
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RSATA_TXP3 |
| RSATA_TXP1 |
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RSATA_TXN3 |
| RSATA_TXN1 |
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GND |
| GND |
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RSATA_RXP3 |
| RSATA_RXP1 |
|
RSATA_RXN3 |
| RSATA_RXN1 |
|
GND |
| GND |
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SATA4 | SATA2 | ||
GND |
| GND |
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RSATA_TXP4 |
| RSATA_TXP2 |
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RSATA_TXN4 |
| RSATA_TXN2 |
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GND |
| GND |
|
RSATA_RXP4 |
| RSATA_RXP2 |
|
RSATA_RXN4 |
| RSATA_RXN2 |
|
GND |
| GND |
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Important notes on Serial ATA
•The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/2003 Server/XP operation system.
•Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later version before using Serial ATA.
•Please refer to section “VIA RAID Configuration” for details on SATA RAID configuration.
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