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Chapter 2 2.8.3 Internal connectors 1. AMD® SB850 Serial ATA Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~6) These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical disc drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD® SB850 controller. SATA6G_2 SATA6G_4 SATA6G_6 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND GND GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND GND GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXP5 GND GND SATA6G_1 SATA6G_3 SATA6G_5 M5A88-M M5A88-M Intel® SATA 6.0Gb/s 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 to [RAID] in the BIOS. See section 3.4.2 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 to [AHCI] in the BIOS. See section 3.4.2 SATA Configuration for details. 2. LPT connector (26-1 pin LPT) The LPT (Line Printing Terminal) connector supports devices such as a printer. LPT is standardized as IEEE 1284, which is the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers. LPT M5A88-M GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND SLIN# INIT# ERR# AFD M5A88-M LPT connector SLCT PE BUSY ACK# PD7 PD6 PD5 PD4 PD3 PD2 PD1 PD0 STB# PIN 1 2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information