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4. 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 and RAID 1 configuration through the onboard NVIDIA® MediaShield™ controller. SATA3 M2NBP-VM CSM ® GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 M2NBP-VM CSM SATA connectors GND SATA4 GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND Install the Windows® XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA. • For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0 and 1, 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 "2.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration" for details. 1-28 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
4.
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 and RAID 1
configuration through the onboard NVIDIA
®
MediaShield™ controller.
M2NBP-VM CSM
M2NBP-VM CSM 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
SATA
2
GND
RSATA_
TXP4
RSATA_
TXN4
GND
RSATA_
RXP4
RSATA_
RXN4
GND
SATA
4
GND
RSATA
_TXP3
RSATA_
TXN3
GND
RSATA_
RXP3
RSATA_
RXN3
GND
SATA
3
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA.
•
For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0 and 1, 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 “2.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.