Asus P5VD2-VM SE User Manual - Page 42

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard VIA VT8237S RAID controller. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support CD for detailed information on RAID configurations. See section "3.2.5 Manuals menu". SATA2 GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND ® SATA1 P5VD2-VM SE P5VD2-VM SE SATA connectors GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND Important notes on Serial ATA • The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/2003 Server/XP/Vista operation system. • Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later version before using Serial ATA. 4. Digital Audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT) This connector is for the S/PDIF audio module to allow digital sound output. Connect one end of the S/PDIF audio cable to this connector and the other end to the S/PDIF module. GND SPDIFOUT +5V SPDIF_OUT ® P5VD2-VM SE P5VD2-VM SE Digital audio connector The S/PDIF module is purchased separately. 1-30 Chapter 1: Product introduction