7.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA

1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133).

SATA1 GND RXN1_RSATA RXP1_RSATA GND TXN1_RSATA TXP1_RSATA GND

SATA2 GND RXN2_RSATA RXP2_RSATA GND TXN2_RSATA TXP2_RSATA GND

P7P55-M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3

 

 

 

 

SATA4

 

 

 

GND RSATA_RXN3

RSATA_RXP3

GND RSATA_TXN3

RSATA_TXP3

GND

 

 

GND RSATA_RXN4

RSATA_RXP4

GND RSATA_TXN4

RSATA_TXP4

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA5

 

 

 

 

SATA6

 

 

 

GND RSATA_RXN5

RSATA_RXP5

GND RSATA_TXN5

RSATA_TXP5

GND

 

 

GND RSATA_RXN6

RSATA_RXP6

GND RSATA_TXN6

RSATA_TXP6

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P7P55-M SATA connectors

• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID].

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to the RAID Supplementary Guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.

•You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is available only if you are using Windows® XP SP2 or later version.

•When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section Storage Configuration for details.

8.LPT connector (26-1 pin LPT)

The LPT (Line Printing Terminal) connector supports devices such as a printer. LPT standardizes as IEEE 1284, which is the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers.

LPT

AFDERR#INIT#SLIN#GNDGNDGNDGNDGNDGNDGNDGND

P7P55-M

PIN 1

STB#PD0PD1PD2PD3PD4PD5PD6PD7ACK#BUSYPESLCT

P7P55-M Parallel port connector

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