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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 1.5 Gb/s
hard disk drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0,
RAID 1, and JBOD conguration 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 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 Conguration” in the BIOS for
details on SATA RAID conguration.
4. Jmicron Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1)
This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable. This connector supports a
Serial ATA hard disk drive, which you can combine with an external Serial
ATA hard disk drive, to congure for RAID via the onboard Serial ATA RAID
controller.
Do not remove/unplug external SATA devices when running under RAID mode.
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P5VD2-X
P5VD2-X SATA connectors
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
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P5VD2-X
P5VD2-X SATA RAID connector
SATA_RAID1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND