Asus K8N4-E User Manual page 40

3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s S e r i a l A T A c o n n e c t o r s 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 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 2 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 2 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] ,
( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 2 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 2 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] , ( 7 - p i n S A T A 1 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 2 [ b l a c k ] , S A T A 3 [ b l a c k ] ,
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] ) S A T A 4 [ b l a c k ] )
Supported by the NVIDIA
for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives that
allow up to 3Gb/s of data transfer rate.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 1+0, or JBOD configuration that spans across the Parallel
ATA drives. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up RAID
configurations.
These connectors are set to S A T A
connect Serial ATA boot or data hard disk drives to these connectors. If
you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors,
enable the R A I D
c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n sub-item in the BIOS. See section "4.4.3 Onboard c o n f i g u r a t i o n
c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n
device configuration" for details.
K8N4-E
®
K8N4-E SATA connectors
I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e s o n S e r i a l A T A
• • • • •
• • • • •
1 - 2 8 1 - 2 8 1 - 2 8
1 - 2 8 1 - 2 8
® nForce4-4X chipset, these connectors are
R A I D R A I D function of each port from the N V R A I D R A I D
R A I D
The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of Serial ATA
hard disks installed.
See the Appendix for instructions on how to install the Serial ATA
extension module.
S A T A by default. In SATA mode, you can S A T A S A T A S A T A
N V R A I D N V R A I D N V R A I D
N V R A I D
SATA4 SATA3
SATA2 SATA1
C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n
C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n