Asus SynJ SB67118 User Manual page 39

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 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 10, or JBOD configuration through the onboard SB700 controller.
M3A78-CM
M3A78-CM SATA Connectors
Install the Windows
• For detailed instructions on how to configure 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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XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
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SATA6
SATA5
SATA4
SATA3
SATA2
SATA1
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