Asus M3N78-EM - Manual (Page 40)

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4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red],
SATA5 [black], SATA6 [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 CD.
• 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 5 and SATA 6 do not support IDE
mode, only support AHCI and RAID mode.
M3N78-EM
M3N78-EM SATA Connectors
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
P6
RS
AT
A_
TX
N6
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P6
RS
AT
A_
RX
N6
G
ND
SATA6
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
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
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
G
ND
SATA1
R