Asus M3A User Manual - Page 47

3. AMD® SB600 Southbridge Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red]; SATA2 [black]; SATA3 [red]; SATA4 [black]) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives. If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1/2/3/4 connectors, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 0+1 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB600 controller. M3A ® M3A SATA connectors SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND SATA4 GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND SATA3 GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector Color Setting SATA 1/3 Red Master SATA 2/4 Black Slave Use Boot disk Data disk • These connectors are set to [Native IDE] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.4.3 Chipset for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.2 RAID Configuration or the manual bundled in the motherboard support CD. • You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® XP or later version. • When using the connectors in Native IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/3/4 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections. Connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to SATA device. Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. right angle side ASUS M3A 2-25