Asus P4S8X-MX - Manual (Page 37)

A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7 1 - 2 7
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk drives. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150
MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with
133 MB/s (Ultra DMA/133)
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
SATA1 Master Boot disk
SATA2 Slave Data disk
P4S8X-MX
P4S8X-MX SATA connectors
SATA2
SATA1
GND RSA
T A_TXP1
RSA
T A_TXN1
GND RSA
T A_RXP1
RSA
T A_RXN1
GND
GND RSA
T A_TXP2
RSA
T A_TXN2
GND RSA
T A_RXP2
RSA
T A_RXN2
GND
• Install Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows ® XP Service Pack 1
or later versions before using the Serial ATA feature.
• The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) is available only
if you’re using Windows
® 2000/XP or Windows ® 2003 Server
operating systems.
• Hot plug support for the Serial ATA drive and connectors are not
available in this motherboard.
• Make sure to install the SIS RAID drivers before using the Serial ATA
connectors.
If you install SATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or
JBOD configuration with the SIS964 RAID controller. Refer to page 2-16
for the BIOS setting and page 3-18 for creating a RAID driver disk.