Asus P5SD2-X - Motherboard - ATX Installation Manual page 42

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s
hard disk drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0,
RAID 1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard VIA VT8237A RAID
controller.
P5VD2-X SATA connectors
Important notes on Serial ATA
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4. Jmicron Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID1)
This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable. This connector supports a
Serial ATA hard disk drive, which you can combine with an external Serial
ATA hard disk drive, to configure for RAID via the onboard Serial ATA RAID
controller.
P5VD2-X SATA RAID connector
Do not remove/unplug external SATA devices when running under RAID mode.
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The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD) is available only
if you are using Windows
Install the Windows
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Pack1 or later version before using Serial ATA.
Please refer to section "Onboard Devices Configuration" in the BIOS for
details on SATA RAID configuration.
P5VD2-X
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SATA2
SATA1
2000/2003 Server/XP operation system.
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2000 Service Pack 4, the Windows
SATA_RAID1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
XP Service
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