Asus P4S8X-MX Instructions Manual page 37

3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 ) S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 , S A T A 2 )
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk drives. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150
MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with
133 MB/s (Ultra DMA/133)
P4S8X-MX SATA connectors
If you install SATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or
JBOD configuration with the SIS964 RAID controller. Refer to page 2-16
for the BIOS setting and page 3-18 for creating a RAID driver disk.
• Install Windows
or later versions before using the Serial ATA feature.
• The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) is available only
if you're using Windows
operating systems.
• Hot plug support for the Serial ATA drive and connectors are not
available in this motherboard.
• Make sure to install the SIS RAID drivers before using the Serial ATA
connectors.
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r
SATA1
SATA2
A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X
A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X A S U S P 4 S 8 X - M X
SATA2
SATA1
® 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows
®
2000/XP or Windows
S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g
Master Boot disk
Slave Data disk
® XP Service Pack 1
®
2003 Server
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