Asus P4S8X-MX P4S8X-MX English User Manaul E1997 - Page 37

3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA/133) GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND P4S8X-MX SATA2 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND P4S8X-MX SATA connectors SATA1 If you install SATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD configuration with the SIS964 RAID controller. Refer to page 2-16 for the BIOS setting and page 3-18 for creating a RAID driver disk. • Install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows® XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using the Serial ATA feature. • The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) is available only if you're using Windows® 2000/XP or Windows® 2003 Server operating systems. • Hot plug support for the Serial ATA drive and connectors are not available in this motherboard. • Make sure to install the SIS RAID drivers before using the Serial ATA connectors. Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors Connector SATA1 SATA2 Setting Master Slave Use Boot disk Data disk ASUS P4S8X-MX 1-27