Asus M4A78L-M - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual page 38

6. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 – 6)
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 133MB/s (Ultra DMA133). If you install Serial ATA hard disk
drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 0+1 set through the onboard SB710
chipset.
M4A78L-M SATA connectors
• Install the Windows
• If you intend to create a SATA RAID set, set the type of the SATA connectors to [RAID]
• 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
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XP Service Pack 1 or later versions before using Serial ATA.
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in the BIOS. See 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details.
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.
SATA5
SATA4
SATA2
SATA3
XP operating system on a hard disk drive
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XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
SATA6
SATA1