Asus P4P800-X User Manual page 29

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for
primary internal storage devices. 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).
P4P800-X
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P4P800-X SATA connectors
Important notes on Serial ATA
• In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows 98/ME) environment, using
the Serial ATA connectors will disable the ICH5 chipset support to one of
the IDE channels (either primary or secondary channel).
• Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not
available in this motherboard.
• Install Windows
ASUS P4P800-X motherboard
SATA2
SATA1
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XP Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA.
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