Asus A78M-A - Manual (Page 26)

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3. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard
disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you
can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD configuration through the
onboard controller.
• These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[RAID]. See section 2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows ® XP SP3 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5
GND
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6
GND
A78M-A
A78M-A SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors