Asus M3N78-CM User Manual page 40

4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red],
SATA4 [red], SATA5 [black], SATA6 [black])
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 5, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
M3N78-CM SATA Connectors
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For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and
RAID 10, and JBOD, 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 the page
2-18 for details.
Due to the chipset's limitation, SATA 5 and SATA 6 do not support IDE
mode, only support AHCI and RAID mode.
GND GND
RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXP5
GND GND
RSATA_TXN6 RSATA_TXN5
RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXP5
GND GND
GND
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXP4
GND
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXP4
GND
GND
GND GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXP1
GND GND
RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXP2
GND GND
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