Motherboard User Guide

ASUS P4P800-X motherboard 1-19
3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)
These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for
primary internal storage devices. 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 ATA/133).
P4P800-X
®
P4P800-X SATA connectors
SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
Important notes on Serial ATA
• In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows 98/ME) environment, using
the Serial ATA connectors will disable the ICH5 chipset support to one of
the IDE channels (either primary or secondary channel).
• Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not
available in this motherboard.
• Install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 when using Serial ATA.