User's Manual

ASUS A78M-E
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4. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~6)
TheseconnectorsarefortheSerialATA6.0Gb/ssignalcablesforSerialATAhard
diskdrivesandopticaldiscdrives.IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,you
cancreateaRAID0,RAID1,RAID10andJBODcongurationthroughtheonboard
controller.
• TheseconnectorsaresettoAHCImodebydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSerial
ATARAIDsetusingtheseconnectors,setthetypeoftheSATAconnectorsinthe
BIOSto[RAID]. See section 2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.
• YoumustinstallWindows
®
XPServicePack3orlaterversionbeforeusingSerial
ATAharddiskdrives.TheSerialATARAIDfeatureisavailableonlyifyouareusing
Windows
®
XPSP3orlaterversion.
• Whenusinghot-plugandNCQ,setthetypeoftheSATAconnectorsintheBIOSto
[AHCI]. See section 2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GND
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5
GND
RSATA_TXN5
RSATA_TXP5
GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
RSATA_TXN6
RSATA_TXP6
GND
A78M-E
A78M-E SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
5. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
ThisconnectorisforanadditionalSony/PhilipsDigitalInterface(S/PDIF)port.
TheS/PDIFmoduleispurchasedseparately.
SPDIF_OUT
+5V SPDIFOUT GND
A78M-E
A78M-E Digital audio connector