Asus M3A78 Owner's Manual page 40

4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4, 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, or JBOD configuration through the onboard SB700 controller.
M3A78 SATA Connectors
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For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, 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 OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
page 2-20 for details.
If you want to do the task as GHOST, we suggest you connect the original
disk to the SATA5 or SATA6.
GND
GND
RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXP4
GND GND
RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXN5
RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXP5
GND
GND
GND GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXP2
GND GND
RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXP1
GND GND
Chapter 1: Product introduction
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
RSATA_TXN6
RSATA_TXP6
GND
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND