User's Manual

ASUS P5VD2-VM/P5V-VM SE DH 1-31
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 conguration through the onboard VIA VT8237A RAID
controller.
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 Conguration” in
the BIOS for details on SATA RAID conguration.
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SATA connectors
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA2
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 congure for RAID via the onboard Serial ATA RAID
controller.
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SATA RAID connector
SATA_RAID1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
Do not remove/unplug external SATA devices when running under RAID mode.