User guide

5. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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 specication. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the
standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133).
If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD conguration through the onboard controller.
SATA1
GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND
SATA2
GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND
SATA3
GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND
SATA4
GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND
M2N68 SE
M2N68 SE SATA connectors
Important note on Serial ATA
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to congure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1, RAID 5,
and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the
SATA
Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See page 2-10 for details.
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