Asus F2A85-M User Manual page 42

9. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~7)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard
disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you
can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or JBOD configuration through the
onboard controller.
F2A85-M SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
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These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. In AHCI mode, you can connect
Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a
Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in
the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.
You must install Windows
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows XP SP3 or later version.
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When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA6G_7
GND
RSATA_TXP7
RSATA_TXN7
GND
RSATA_RXN7
RSATA_RXP7
GND
SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6
SATA6G_3 SATA6G_4
SATA6G_1 SATA6G_2
XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
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