Internal Connectors - Asus Crossblade Ranger User Manual

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Internal connectors

1. AMD A88X Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-8 [red])
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These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 Gb/s
signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
configuration through the onboard AMD
CROSSBLADE RANGER SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
• These connectors are set to [AHCI] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID].
Refer to section SATA Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI]. Refer to section SATA
Configuration for details.
ASUS CROSSBLADE RANGER
A88X chipset.
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SATA6G_7 SATA6G_8
GND GND
RSATA_TXP7 RSATA_TXP8
RSATA_TXN7 RSATA_TXN8
GND GND
RSATA_RXN7 RSATA_RXN8
RSATA_RXP7 RSATA_RXP8
GND GND
SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6
GND GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXN6
GND GND
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXP6
GND GND
SATA6G_3 SATA6G_4
GND GND
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXN4
GND GND
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXP4
GND GND
SATA6G_1 SATA6G_2
GND GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXN2
GND GND
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXP2
GND GND
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