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5) SATA3 0/1/2/3 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)

The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA

1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The AMD A88X Chipset supports

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 3, "Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for

instructions on conguring a RAID array.

Pin No. Denition

1 GND

2 TXP

3 TXN

4 GND

5 RXN

6 RXP

7 GND

DEBUG

PORT

G.QBOFM

DEBUG

PORT

G.QBOFM

0 1

SATA3

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch,

reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel

module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.

DEBUG

PORT

G.QBOFM

DEBUG

PORT

G.QBOFM

SATA3

• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 conguration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard drives

are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.

• A RAID 5 conguration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives

does not have to be an even number.)

• A RAID 10 conguration requires four hard drives.

6) F_PANEL (Front Panel Header)

Connect the power switch, reset switch, and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according

to the pin assignments below. Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.

• PW (Power Switch):

Connects to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may congure

the way to turn off your system using the power switch (refer to Chapter

2, "BIOS Setup," "Power Management," for more information).

• HD (Hard Drive Activity LED):

Connects to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The

LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

• RES (Reset Switch):

Connects to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset

switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform

a normal restart.

• NC

No connection.

• PLED (Power LED):

System Status LED

S0 On

S3/S4/S5 Off

Connects to the power status indicator on the

chassis front panel. The LED is on when the

system is operating. The LED is off when the

system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered

off (S5).

RES-

HD+

RES+

HD-

PW+

PLED+

PW-

PLED-

Hard Drive

Activity LED

Reset

Switch

Power LED Power Switch