Asus P5V-VM DH P5VD2-MX/P5V-VM DH English Edition User''s Manual - Page 42

3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard VIA VT8237A RAID controller. GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA2 ® GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND SATA connectors SATA1 Important notes on Serial ATA • The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/2003 Server/XP operation system. • Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later version before using Serial ATA. • Please refer to section "O n b o a r d D e v i c e s C o n f i g u r a t i o n" in the BIOS for details on SATA RAID configuration. 4 . Jmicron Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_A) This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable for a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you can combine with an external Serial ATA 3 Gb/s device to configure a RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD set through the onboard Jmicron SATA RAID controller. 1-30 SATA_A ® GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA RAID connector Do not remove/unplug external SATA devices when running under RAID mode. Chapter 1: Product introduction