Asus M2N-X Motherboard Installation Guide - Page 36

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3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3 Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The current Serial ATA I interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate while Serial ATA II allows up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133). If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ controller. M2N-X SATA1 SATA2 SATA SATA GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP RSATA_TXN GND RSATA_RXP RSATA_RXN GND GND RSATA_TXP RSATA_TXN GND RSATA_RXP RSATA_RXN GND M2N-X SATA Connectors Important note on Serial ATA Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA. • For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5,and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD. • The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, enable the RAID Enabled item in the NVRAID Configuration sub-menu in the BIOS. See section "2.4.3 Onboard Device Configuration" for details. 1-24 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
3.
Serial ATA connectors
(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
3.0 Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3 Gb/s is
backward compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification.
The current Serial ATA I interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer
rate while Serial ATA II allows up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate,
faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133).
If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID
0,
RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration through the
onboard NVIDIA
®
MediaShield™ controller.
Important note on Serial ATA
Install the Windows
®
2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows
®
XP Service
Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
•
For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5,and
JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
•
The RAID function of these connectors is set to [Disabled] by
default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these
connectors, enable the RAID Enabled item in the NVRAID
Configuration sub-menu in the BIOS. See section “2.4.3 Onboard
Device Configuration” for details.
M2N-X
M2N-X
SATA Connectors
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP²
RSATA_TXN²
GND
RSATA_RXP²
RSATA_RXN²
GND
SATA²
GND
RSATA_TXP±
RSATA_TXN±
GND
RSATA_RXP±
RSATA_RXN±
GND
SATA±