Asus P4P800-E DELUXE P4P800-E Deluxe user manual English version E1526 - Page 48

Hardware information, Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2

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3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2) These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (UltraDMA133). SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND ® P4P800-E SATA1 P4P800-E SATA Connectors GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND Important notes on Serial ATA 1. In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows® 98, Windows® ME, Windows® NT) environment, using the Serial ATA connectors will disable the ICHR chipset support to one of the IDE channels (either primary or secondary channel). 2. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0,1) is available only if you are using Windows® XP and Windows® 2000. 3. Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not available in this motherboard. 4 Install Windows® XP Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information

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Chapter 2: Hardware information
3.
Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1,
SATA2)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables
for primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface
allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard
parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (UltraDMA133).
P4P800-E
P4P800-E SATA Connectors
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
Important notes on Serial ATA
1.
In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows
®
98, Windows
®
ME,
Windows
®
NT) environment, using the Serial ATA connectors will
disable the ICHR chipset support to one of the IDE channels
(either primary or secondary channel).
2.
The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0,1) is available only if you are
using Windows
®
XP and Windows
®
2000.
3.
Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not
available in this motherboard.
4
Install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA.