Asus P4C800 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ASUS P4C800 Deluxe motherboard user guide
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3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables
for Serial ATA hard disks. 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 ATA/133).
P4C800
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P4C800 SATA Connectors
SATA1
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations
Following are the Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations
supported by Intel ICH5 specifications.
Native operating systems (OS) are Windows 2000/XP. ICH5 supports a
maximum of six (6) devices using these OS.
Legacy OS are MS-DOS, Windows 98/Me/NT4.0. ICH5 supports a
maximum of four (4) devices using these OS.
Legend:
Supported
Disabled
P-ATA S-ATA
Operating System Primary Secondary Port 0 Port 1
(2 devices) (2 devices) (1 device) (1 device)
1. Windows 2000/XP
2. Windows 98/Me/NT4.0
Configuration A
Configuration B
Configuration C ——