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4.
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red],
SATA4 [black], SATA5 [black])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
3Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the
Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra
DMA133).
If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 5, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
SATA Connectors
Install the Windows
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XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
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For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and
RAID 0+1, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.
If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the SATA Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See the page
5-18 for details.
Due to the chipset limitation, SATA 4 and SATA 5 do not support IDE
mode, only support AHCI and RAID mode.
SATA5
SATA4
SATA3
SATA2
SATA1
Chapter 4: Motherboard info
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