Asus F1A55-M LX3 PLUS R2.0 User Manual

4. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard
disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can
create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 conguration through the onboard controller.
• These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In 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 type of the SATA connectors in
the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Conguration for details.
• You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows
®
XP SP3 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Conguration for details.
SATA3G_2
SATA3G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA3G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA3G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
F1A55-M LX3 PLUS R2.0 SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
F1A55-M LX3 PLUS R2.0
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Asus F1A55-M LX3 PLUS R2.0 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Micro ATX
Chipset	AMD A55 (Hudson D2)
CPU Socket	FM1
Memory Slots	2 x DIMM
Memory Type	DDR3
Maximum Memory	32GB
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 2.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 x PCI
Storage Interface	4 x SATA 3Gb/s
Audio	Realtek ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
USB Ports	8 x USB 2.0 (4 on back panel, 4 via headers)
LAN	Realtek RTL8111F, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller
Video Outputs	VGA, DVI
Power Connector	24-pin ATX