9)SATAII0/1/2/3 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by nVIDIA® nForce 650i SLI)

The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The nVIDIA® nForce 650i SLI controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 0+1. Refer to Chapter 5, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array.

 

 

 

 

 

Pin No.

Definition

 

SATAII1

 

SATAII3

1

GND

7

1

7

1

 

2

TXP

 

 

 

 

 

3

TXN

 

 

 

 

 

4

GND

7

1

7

1

 

5

RXN

 

6

RXP

 

SATAII0

 

SATAII2

 

 

 

 

 

7

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please connect the L-shaped end of the

SATA3Gb/s cable to your SATAhard drive.

A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard

drives are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.

A RAID 5 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives does not have to be an even number.)

A RAID 0+1 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total number of hard drives must be an even number.

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