Asus M2N-VM - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual page 39

4. 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 specification. 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 1�, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
Important note on Serial ATA
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For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID �, RAID 1, RAID 5,
RAID 10, and JBOD, refer to the RAID manual in the support CD.
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 2-16 for details.
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