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4. 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 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,
and RAID 10 conguration through the onboard controller.
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 10,
refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See page 2-16 for
details.
M3A-H/HDMI
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M3A-H/HDMI SATA connectors
SATA 1
GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND
SATA 2
GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND
SATA 3
GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND
SATA 6
GND RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND RSATA_TXN6 RSATA_TXP6 GND
SATA 5
GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND
SATA 4
GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND
Connect the right-angle side of SATA signal
cable to SATA device. Or you may connect
the right-angle side of SATA cable to the
onboard SATA port to avoid mechanical
conict with huge graphics cards.
right angle side