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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, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration

in Windows

Vista OS through the onboard chipset.

Install the Windows

• For detailed instructions on RAID configurations, 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 2-8 for details.

Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)

This connector is for an additional Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) ports.

The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.

Chapter 1: Product introduction

XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.

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