Asus M2A VM - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual page 39

4.. Serial.ATA.connectors.. .
(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3.0
Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of
the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/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,
and RAID 10 configuration through the onboard SB600 controller.
M2A-VM
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M2A-VM SATA connectors
Important.note.on.Serial.ATA
Install the Windows
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10,
refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the onboard.SATA.Type item in the BIOS to [RAID controller]. See the
page 2-25 for details.
ASUS M2A-VM
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SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXN2
GND
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
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SATA2 SATA3
GND GND
RS ATA_TXP3
RS ATA_TXN3
GND GND
RS ATA_RXP3
RS ATA_RXN3
GND GND
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SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
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