Asus M4A78-HTPC/RC - Manual (Page 37)

4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-5)
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 or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard
SB700 chipset.
Important note on Serial ATA
Install Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10, 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 2-8 for details.
Chapter 1: Product introduction 1-25