Asus SABERTOOTH X58 User Manual

ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 2-29
Chapter 2
1. Intel
®
ICH10R Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [black])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 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, 1, 5, and 10
conguration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
ICH10R controller.
• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode,
you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you
intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the
Congure
SATA as
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section
3.4.2 Storage Conguration
for
details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section
4.4 RAID congurations
or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows
®
XP SP 2 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the
Congure SATA as
in the BIOS to [AHCI].
See section
3.4.2 Storage Conguration
for details.
2.8.3 Internal connectors

Asus SABERTOOTH X58 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Triple-channel
Number of memory slots	6
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	24 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1800, 1866 MHz
System bus rate	6.4 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i7, Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of COM connectors	1
Number of SATA III connectors	2
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Audio chip	Realtek ALC892
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	Intel® X58
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	Intel ICH10R
Motherboard chipset family	Intel
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit
Cables included	SATA
Controller 2nd interface type	Marvell PCIe 9128/JMicron JMB362

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	305 mm
Width	244 mm