Asus M3N78 SE User Manual page 29

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 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration
through the onboard NVIDIA nForce 720D chipset.
M3N78 SE
M3N78 SE SATA connectors
Important note on Serial ATA
Install the Windows
• For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1, RAID 5,
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 SATA
Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See page 2-11 for details.
ASUS M3N78 SE
SATA4
SATA3
SATA2
SATA1
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
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