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

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s hard disk drives.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard VIA VT8237A RAID controller.

 

RXN2 RSATA GND

RXP2 RSATA

TXN2 RSATA GND

TXP2 RSATA

GND

 

SATA2

 

RXN1 RSATA GND

RXP1 RSATA

TXN1 RSATA GND

TXP1 RSATA

GND

SATA connectors

SATA1

Important notes on Serial ATA

•The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, 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 “Onboard Devices Configuration” in the BIOS for details on SATA RAID configuration.

4 . Jmicron Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_A)

This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable for a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you can combine with an external Serial ATA 3 Gb/s device to configure a RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD set through the onboard Jmicron SATA RAID controller.

SATA_A

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_RXN2

GND

SATA RAID connector

Do not remove/unplug external SATA devices when running under RAID mode.

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