Asus M2A-MX User Manual page 42

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 0+1 configuration through the onboard SB600 controller.
M2A-MX SATA Connectors
Install the Windows
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M2A-MX
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
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For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID
0+1, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See the page 2-17 for
details.
SATA1 SATA2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_RXP2
GND
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_TXP2
GND
GND
SATA4
SATA3
GND GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_RXP3
GND GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_RXN4
GND GND
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