Serial Ata Hard Disk Drive Connection - Asus M2N-VM HDMI User Manual

4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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 10, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
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Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector
SATA1/2
SATA3/4
1-28
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 10, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
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 2-16 for details.
Color
Red
Black
Setting
Master Boot disk
Slave Data disk
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