Asus K8U-X - Manual (Page 35)

ASUS K8U-X Motherboard 1-25
10. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for
primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to
150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133MB/s
(Ultra ATA/133).
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8 U
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K8U-X SATA connectors
SATA2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
G
ND
SATA1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
G
ND
Important notes on Serial ATA solution:
• The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible allowing
easier routing inside the chassis. The lower pin count of the
Serial ATA cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide,
flat ribbon cables of the Parallet ATA interface.
• Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are
not available in this motherboard.
• Install Windows XP Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA.
• Refer to section "3.3 ULI RAID Configurations" for details on
SATA RAID configuration.