Asus M3N-HT Onchip SATA Type, (7-pin SATA1–4[red]; 7-pin SATA5–6[black])

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(7-pin SATA1–4 [red]; 7-pin SATA5–6 [black])

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk and optical disk drives.

If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 connectors, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD configuration through the onboard NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI controller.

• SATA1–4 connectors are set to [IDE] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Onchip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID].

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

	SATA1		SATA2
GND		GND
RSATA_TXP1		RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN1		RSATA_TXN2
GND		GND
RSATA_RXP1		RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN1		RSATA_RXN2
GND		GND

		SATA3		SATA4
	GND		GND
	RSATA_TXP3		RSATA_TXP4
	RSATA_TXN3		RSATA_TXN4
	GND		GND
	RSATA_RXP3		RSATA_RXP4
M3N-HT DELUXE	RSATA_RXN3		RSATA_RXN4
	GND		GND

	GND	SATA5	GND	SATA6
	RSATA_TXP5		RSATA_TXP6
	RSATA_TXN5		RSATA_TXN6
	GND		GND
	RSATA_RXP5		RSATA_RXP6
	RSATA_RXN5		RSATA_RXN6
M3N-HT DELUXE SATA connectors	GND		GND

•SATA 5–6 connectors support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. Make sure

to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the bundled support DVD before connecting devices to SATA 5–6 connectors. Otherwise, the devices will not work.

•You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® XP or later version.

	right angle side
Connect the right-angle side
of SATA signal cable to SATA
device. Or you may connect the
right-angle side of SATA cable to
the onboard SATA port to avoid
mechanical conflict with huge
graphics cards.

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