Asus Motherboard A7S8X-MX User Manual page 35

3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s 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 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) ( 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.
A7S8X-MX SATA connectors
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
• Install the Windows
before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.
• Serial ATA is supported under Windows
Legacy operating systems, such as Windows
support native Serial ATA mode. See page 2-23.
• Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1) to
support S3 function. Refer to the table below for details.
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
SATA1
SATA2
A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X
A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X A S U S A 7 S 8 X - M X
®
® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the XP Service Pack1
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
Master
Slave
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
®
XP/2000/2003 only.
® 98 SE/Me, do not
U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
Boot disk
Data disk
1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3
1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3 1 - 2 3