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Asus M4A78-VM User Manual

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• For detailed instructions on RAID configurations, 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 select item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See page 2-9 for details.

3.

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, and RAID 0+1 configuration through the

onboard SB700 chipset.

Install the Windows

®

XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

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