Asus P4S8X-MX Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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3.3.
3.3.
3.
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
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 connectorsSerial ATA Master/Slave connectors
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectorsSerial ATA Master/Slave connectors
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
ConnectorConnector
ConnectorConnector
Connector
SettingSetting
SettingSetting
Setting
UseUse
UseUse
Use
SATA1 Master Boot disk
SATA2 Slave Data disk
P4S8X-MX
P4S8X-MX SATA connectors
SATA2
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_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.