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ASUS M3A78-EM 1-31
4. Serial ATA connectors
(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA5, 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 specication. 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 10 conguration through the onboard SB700 controller.
Important note on Serial ATA
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to congure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10,
refer to the RAID manual in the Support DVD.
• 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 page 2-20 for
details.
• If you want to do the task as GHOST, we suggest you connect the original
disk to the SATA5 or SATA6.
M3A78-EM
SATA Connectors
R
M3A78-EM
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSAT
A_TXN5
GND
RSAT
A_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5
GND
SATA5
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSAT
A_TXN6
GND
RSAT
A_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
SATA6
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSAT
A_TXN2
GND
RSAT
A_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSAT
A_TXN3
GND
RSAT
A_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSAT
A_TXN1
GND
RSAT
A_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA1