Asus M3N78-VM Computer Hardware 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 specication. 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 conguration through the onboard controller.
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
For detailed instructions on how to congure 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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SATA Connectors
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSAT
A_RXN4
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXP5
RSAT
A_RXN5
GND
SATA5
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSAT
A_RXN3
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSAT
A_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSAT
A_RXN1
GND
SATA1