User's Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
3. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~8)
TheseconnectorsarefortheSerialATA6.0Gb/ssignalcablesforSerialATAhard
diskdrivesandopticaldiscdrives.IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,you
cancreateaRAID0,RAID1,RAID5,RAID10andJBODcongurationthroughthe
onboard controller.
• TheseconnectorsaresettoAHCImodebydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSerialATA
RAIDsetusingtheseconnectors,setthetypeoftheSATAconnectorsintheBIOSto
[RAID].Seesection2.6.2 SATA Conguration for details.
• YoumustinstallWindows
®
XPServicePack3orlaterversionbeforeusingSerial
ATAharddiskdrives.TheSerialATARAIDfeatureisavailableonlyifyouareusing
Windows
®
XPSP3orlaterversion.
• Whenusinghot-plugandNCQ,setthetypeoftheSATAconnectorsintheBIOSto
[AHCI].Seesection2.6.2 SATA Conguration for details.
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SATA6G_7
GND
RSATA_TXP7
RSATA_TXN7
GND
RSATA_RXN7
RSATA_RXP7
GND
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_8
GND
RSATA_TXP8
RSATA_TXN8
GND
RSATA_RXN8
RSATA_RXP8
GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
A88X-GAMER
A88X-GAMER SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors