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8. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
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).
P7P55 LX SATA connectors
• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to the RAID Supplementary Guide included in the
• You must install Windows
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [AHCI].
9. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM1)
This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable to this
connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.
P7P55 LX Serial port (COM1) connector
The COM module is purchased separately.
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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 Configure SATA as item
in the BIOS to [RAID].
folder named Manual in the support DVD.
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is available only if
you are using Windows
See section 2.3.4 Storage Configuration for details.
P7P55 LX
SATA4 SATA5 SATA6
SATA2
SATA1 SATA3
XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA
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XP SP2 or later version.
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COM1
PIN 1
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