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Chapter 1: Product introduction
3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s
hard disk drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0,
RAID 1, and JBOD configuration 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/Vista 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 Configuration” in the BIOS for
details on SATA RAID configuration.
P5
V
-X SE
P5V-X SE SATA Connectors
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
G
ND
SATA1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
G
ND
SATA2