User`s manual

Hardware Installation

System fan

2.6.4 Serial ATA Connectors (KM400A-MV/MLV and

KM400-MV/MLV only)

SATA 2

SATA 1

GND

TXP

TXN

GND

RXN

RXP

GND

Connect one end of the SATA cable to J12 (SATA 2) or J13

(SATA 1) and the other end to your serial ATA device.

BIOS Setting

If you want the system to boot from the SATA drive, set the

“SATA or SCSI Card Boot” field to “VIA 8237 SATA” in the Ad-

vanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS.

Configuring RAID on SATA Drives

The system board allows configuring RAID on SATA drives. It

supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. The following must be set accord-

ingly.

• BIOS Setting

Configure RAID (e.g. creating or deleting RAID) in the VIA

RAID BIOS. You can enter this utility by pressing the <Tab>

key during system boot up. Refer to chapter 3 for more infor-

mation.

• Drivers and Utility

Install the SATA drivers. Refer to chapter 4 for more informa-

tion.