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2.6.3 Serial ATA Connectors
SATA 1
The VIA VT8237 south bridge controller allows configuring RAID
on SATA drives connected to the two Serial ATA ports at locations
J10 (SATA 1) and J9 (SATA 2) of the system board. Connect one
end of the SATA cable to J9 or J10 and the other end to your
serial ATA device.
Configuring RAID on Serial ATA Drives
The system board supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD. The follow-
ing must be set accordingly.
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BIOS Setting
1. The “SATA or SCSI Card Boot” field in the Advanced
BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS must be prop-
erly configured.
3. Configure RAID (e.g. creating or deleting RAID) in the VIA
RAID BIOS Setting Utility. You can enter this utility by
pressing the <Tab> key during system boot up.
Refer to chapter 3 for more information.
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Drivers and Utility
Install the “SATA RAID Drivers”. Refer to chapter 4 for more
information.
SATA 2
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GND
TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND