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2. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY)
This connector is for a Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) signal cable. Insert one end of
the provided FDD cable to this connector, then connect the other end to the signal
connector at the back of the oppy disk drive.
Pin 5 on the connector is removed to prevent incorrect cable connection when using an
FDD cable with a covered Pin 5.
M3N78-AM
M3N78-AM Floppy disk drive connector
FLOPPY
NOTE:Orient the red markings
on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1.
PIN1
• For detailed instructions on RAID congurations, 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 page 2-10 for details.
3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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 0+1, or JBOD conguration.
SATA2
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GND
SATA4
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND
SATA1
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
M3N78-AM
M3N78-AM SATA connectors
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.
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