Asus M4A78-AM 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.

Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-SATA4)
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 0+1 and JBOD (for Windows

Vista

only) configuration through the onboard SB710 chipset.

Install the Windows

XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

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