Asus M4A77D User Manual page 34

3. 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 RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 configurations through the
onboard SB710 chipset.
M4A77D SATA connectors
• Install the Windows
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the type of
• The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB
• Due to Windows
• For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included
1-24
M4A77D M4A77D
XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA.
®
the SATA connectors in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for
details.
floppy disk drive when installing Windows
that includes a RAID/AHCI set.
XP limitation, Windows
®
drive.
in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.
SATA1 SATA2 SATA3
SATA4 SATA5 SATA6
XP operating system on a hard disk drive
®
XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk
®
Chapter 1: Product introduction