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M4A78LT PLUS SATA connectors

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4. AMD® SB710 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~4) These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB710 controller. SATA3G_3 SATA3G_4 GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND M4A78LT PLUS SATA3G_1 SATA3G_2 M4A78LT PLUS SATA connectors • These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. 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 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial 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 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details. 5. Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. +5V GND GND Speaker Out SPEAKER M4A78LT PLUS PIN 1 M4A78LT PLUS Speaker out connector ASUS M4A78LT PLUS 1-19

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4.
AMD
®
SB710 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, or
RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD
®
SB710 controller.
These connectors are set to
IDE
mode by default. In
IDE
mode, you can connect Serial
ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. 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
2.3.4 SATA Configuration
for details.
You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
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
2.3.4 SATA Configuration
for details.
SATA3G_3
SATA3G_1
SATA3G_4
SATA3G_2
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_TXP1
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
M4A78LT PLUS
M4A78LT PLUS SATA connectors
5.
Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER)
This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. The speaker
allows you to hear system beeps and warnings.
M4A78LT PLUS
M4A78LT PLUS
Speaker out connector
+5V
GND
GND
Speaker Out
SPEAKER
PIN 1
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