Asus P5KR Manual page 56

4. JMicron JMB363
This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable that supports a Serial ATA hard
disk drive. To configure RAID 0, RAID 1, or JBOD, install an internal Serial
ATA hard disk drive to this connector and an external Serial ATA drive to the
external SATA port.
The JMicron controller mode item in the BIOS is set to [IDE] by default. Setting
this item to [RAID] allows you to use the connectors to build a RAID set. See
section 5.4.2 JMicron
[AHCI] supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) function. See section 4.4.5
Onboard Devices Configuration for details.
P5KR SATA connector
Before creating a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure that you
have connected the Serial ATA signal cables and installed Serial ATA hard disk
drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the JMicron
BIOS setup during POST.
5. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
This connector is for an additional Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)
port(s). Connect the S/PDIF Out module cable to this connector, then install
the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.
P5KR Digital audio connector
The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.
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Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_E2)
RAID Configuration for details. Setting this item to
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P5KR
P5KR
SATA_E2
JMB363 RAID utility and SATA
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SPDIF_OUT
Chapter 2: Hardware information