Asus P7Q57-M DO - Manual (Page 22)

2. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
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 133MB/s (Ultra DMA133).
• Install the Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.
• If you intend to create a SATA RAID set, set the type of the SATA connectors to [RAID]
in the BIOS. See 2.3.4 Storage Configuration for details.
• For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RA ID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included
in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.
P7Q57-M DO SATA connectors
SA
TA
6
SA
TA
5
GND
RSATA_TXN6
RSATA_TXP6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND GND
RSATA_TXN5
RSATA_TXP5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
SA
TA
4
SA
TA
3
GND
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SA
TA
2
SA
TA
1
GND
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
P7Q57-M DO
3. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
This connector is for an additional Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) port.
SPDIF_OUT
+5
V
SPDIFOU
T
GND
P7Q57-M DO
P7Q57-M DO Digital audio connector
The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.
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