3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

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.

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SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN1 GND

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_TXN1 GND

RSATA_TXP1

GND

 

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN2 GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_TXN2 GND

RSATA_TXP2

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3

 

 

 

 

 

SATA4

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN3 GND

RSATA_RXP3

RSATA_TXN3 GND

RSATA_TXP3

GND

 

 

 

 

RSATA_RXN4 GND

RSATA_RXP4

RSATA_TXN4 GND

RSATA_TXP4

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P5VDC-MX SATA connectors

Important notes on Serial ATA

The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/2003 Server/XP operation system.

The SATA ports couldn’t be Book Disk under Windows® 98SE and ME.

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.

4 . Internal audio connectors (4-pin CD, AUX)

These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, MPEG card or modem.

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CD1

AUX1

(Black)

(White)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right Audio Channel

 

 

 

 

Right Audio Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left Audio Channel

 

 

 

 

Left Audio Channel

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Asus P5VDC-MX manual Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, Internal audio connectors 4-pin CD, AUX