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.

 

SATA2

 

GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

P5VD2-X

 

 

GND GND GND

 

RSATATXP1 RSATATXN1 RSATARXP1 RSATARXN1

P5VD2-X 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_RAID1)

This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable. This connector supports a Serial ATA hard disk drive, which you can combine with an external Serial

ATA hard disk drive, to configure for RAID via the onboard Serial ATA RAID controller.

SATA_RAID1

P5VD2-X

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_RXN2

GND

 

P5VD2-X SATA RAID connector

 

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

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