Asus M4A77TD PRO/U3S6 - Manual (Page 35)

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA5, and 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, and RAID 0+1 configurations through the
onboard SB710 chipset.
• Install the Windows ® XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using Serial ATA.
• 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 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details.
• The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB
floppy disk drive when installing Windows ® XP operating system on a hard disk drive
that includes a RAID/AHCI set.
• Due to Windows ® XP limitation, Windows ® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk
drive.
• For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included
in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.
SATA1
GN
D
RSATA_TXP
1
RSATA_TXN1
GN
D
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1
GN
D
SATA2
GN
D
RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN
2
GN
D
RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2
GN
D
SATA3
GN
D
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN
3
GN
D
RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3
GN
D
SATA5
GN
D
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5
GN
D
RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5
GN
D
SATA6
GN
D
RSATA_TXP
6
RSATA_TXN6
GN
D
RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6
GN
D
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