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Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3 - raid

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2. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk drives and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with the Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA (133 MB/s). • Install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using Serial ATA. • If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode Select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See 2.3.4 Storage Configuration for details. • The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB floppy disk drive when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that includes a RAID/AHCI set. • Due to Windows® XP limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive. • The motherboard does not support installing Windows® XP OS with SATA ODD under RAID/AHCI mode. • You need to copy RAID driver to other media such as a USB flash disk and load RAID driver during installing Windows® Vista OS with SATA ODD. • For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD. 1-12 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
2.
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk
drives and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with the
Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster
than the standard parallel ATA (133 MB/s).
• Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using Serial ATA.
•
If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the
SATA
Mode Select
item in the BIOS to
[RAID Mode]
. See
2.3.4 Storage Configuration
for
details.
•
The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB
floppy disk drive when installing Windows
®
XP operating system on a hard disk drive
that includes a RAID/AHCI set.
• Due to Windows
®
XP limitation, Windows
®
XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk
drive.
•
The motherboard does not support installing Windows
®
XP OS with SATA ODD under
RAID/AHCI mode.
•
You need to copy RAID driver to other media such as a USB flash disk and load RAID
driver during installing Windows
®
Vista OS with SATA ODD.
•
For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included
in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.