Asus M3A78-VM - 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, or
RAID 0+1 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, 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 2-20 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 that you connect the
original disk to the SATA5 or SATA6.
SATA1
GN
D
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GN
D
RSATA_TXN
1
RSATA_TXP
1
GN
D
SATA2
GN
D
RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GN
D
RSATA_TXN
2
RSATA_TXP
2
GN
D
SATA3
GN
D
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GN
D
RSATA_TXN
3
RSATA_TXP
3
GN
D
SATA4
GN
D
RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GN
D
RSATA_TXN
4
RSATA_TXP
4
GN
D
SATA5
GN
D
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5 GN
D
RSATA_TXN
5
RSATA_TXP
5
GN
D
SATA6
GN
D
RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6 GN
D
RSATA_TXN
6
RSATA_TXP
6
GN
D
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M3A78-VM SATA connectors