User's Manual

ASUS A68HM Series
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4. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~4)
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,orRAID10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].
• 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].
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
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_4
A68HM-E
A68HM-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.
SPDIF_OUT
+5V SPDIFOUT GND
A68HM-E
A68HM-E Digital audio connector
TheS/PDIFmoduleispurchasedseparately.
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