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Install the windows, M3n78-vm sata connectors, Sata4 – Asus M3N78-VM User Manual

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4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red],

SATA4 [black], SATA5 [black])

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,

RAID 5, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.

Install the Windows

®

XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and

RAID 0+1, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD.

• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set

the SATA Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See the

page 2-18 for details.

• Due to the chipset’s limitation, SATA 4 and SATA 5 do not support IDE

mode, only support AHCI+RAID mode.

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M3N78-VM

M3N78-VM SATA Connectors

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

TX

P4

RS

AT

A_

TX

N4

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

RX

P4

RS

AT

A_

RX

N4

G

ND

SATA4

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

TX

P5

RS

AT

A_

TX

N5

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

RX

P5

RS

AT

A_

RX

N5

G

ND

SATA5

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

TX

P3

RS

AT

A_

TX

N3

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

RX

P3

RS

AT

A_

RX

N3

G

ND

SATA3

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

TX

P2

RS

AT

A_

TX

N2

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

RX

P2

RS

AT

A_

RX

N2

G

ND

SATA2

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

TX

P1

RS

AT

A_

TX

N1

G

ND

RS

AT

A_

RX

P1

RS

AT

A_

RX

N1

G

ND

SATA1