4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [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.

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M3N78-VM SATA Connectors

GNDRXN5_RSATARXP5_RSATAGNDTXN5_RSATATXP5_RSATAGND SATA5 GNDRXN4_RSATARXP4_RSATAGNDTXN4_RSATATXP4_RSATAGND SATA4 GNDRXN3_RSATARXP3_RSATAGNDTXN3_RSATATXP3_RSATAGND SATA3 GNDRXN2_RSATARXP2_RSATAGNDTXN2_RSATATXP2_RSATAGND SATA2 GNDRXN1_RSATARXP1_RSATAGNDTXN1_RSATATXP1_RSATAGND

SATA1

Install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

•For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and 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 SATA Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See the page 2-18 for details.

•Due to the chipset’s limitation, SATA 4 and SATA 5 do not support IDE mode, only support AHCI+RAID mode.

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