Digital Audio Connector (4-1 Pin Spdif_Out) - Asus M5A97 Manual

3. Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G 1~6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard
disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you
can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD configuration through the
onboard controller.
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M5A97 PLUS SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
• These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in the
BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows ® XP SP3 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.
4.

Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)

This connector is for an additional Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) port.
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M5A97 PLUS Digital audio connector
The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.
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SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6
SATA6G_3 SATA6G_4
SATA6G_1 SATA6G_2
® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
PIN 1
SPDIF_OUT
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