User guide

ASUS M3A78-CM 1-27
4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, 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 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 10, or JBOD conguration through the onboard SB700 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 10,
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
OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
page 2-20 for details.
• If you change the
OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID] or
[AHCI], set the SATA IDE Combined Mode to [Disabled] to ensure that
SATA5 and SATA6 work normally.
• If you want to do the task as GHOST, we suggest you connect the original
disk to the SATA5 or SATA6.
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M3A78-CM
M3A78-CM SATA Connectors
GND RSAT
A_TXP5
RSAT
A_TXN5
GND RSATA_RXP5 RSAT
A_RXN5
GND
SATA5
GND RSAT
A_TXP6
RSAT
A_TXN6
GND RSATA_RXP6 RSAT
A_RXN6
GND
SATA6
GND RSAT
A_TXP2
RSAT
A_TXN2
GND RSATA_RXP2 RSAT
A_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND RSAT
A_TXP3
RSAT
A_TXN3
GND RSATA_RXP3 RSAT
A_RXN3
GND
SATA3
GND RSAT
A_TXP4
RSAT
A_TXN4
GND RSATA_RXP4 RSAT
A_RXN4
GND
SATA4
GND RSAT
A_TXP1
RSAT
A_TXN1
GND RSATA_RXP1 RSAT
A_RXN1
GND
SATA1