Asus M3A78-CM - Manual (Page 39)

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4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, SATA5,
SATA6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
3Gb/s hard disk and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward
compatible with Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the
Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra
DMA133).
If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 10, or JBOD configuration through the onboard SB700 controller.
Install the Windows ® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10,
and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set
the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
page 2-20 for details.
• If you change the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID] or
[AHCI], set the SATA IDE Combined Mode to [Disabled] to ensure that
SATA5 and SATA6 work normally.
• If you want to do the task as GHOST, we suggest you connect the original
disk to the SATA5 or SATA6.
R
M3A78-CM
M3A78-CM SATA Connectors
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P5
RS
AT
A_
TX
N5
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P5
RS
AT
A_
RX
N5
G
ND
SATA5
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P6
RS
AT
A_
TX
N6
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P6
RS
AT
A_
RX
N6
G
ND
SATA6
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
G
ND
SATA2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P3
RS
AT
A_
TX
N3
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P3
RS
AT
A_
RX
N3
G
ND
SATA3
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P4
RS
AT
A_
TX
N4
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P4
RS
AT
A_
RX
N4
G
ND
SATA4
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
G
ND
SATA1