Asus M4A785D-M PRO User Manual page 36

4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, 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 0+1, and JBOD configurations through
the onboard chipset.
Install the Windows
• The motherboard does not provides 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
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the OnChip
5. LPT connector (26-1 pin LPT)
The LPT (Line Printing Terminal) connector supports devices such as a printer. LPT
standardizes as IEEE 1284, which is the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible
computers.
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XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.
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floppy disk drive when installing Windows
that includes a RAID/AHCI set.
XP limitation, Windows
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drive.
in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.
SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See page 2-8 for details.
XP operating system on a hard disk drive
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XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk
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