4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)

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

• Install the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.

•The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB floppy disk drive when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that includes a RAID/AHCI set.

•Due to Windows® XP limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive.

•For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RAID/AHCI supplementary guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD.

5.Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD)

These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card.

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