Asus M3N78-VM User Manual

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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 specication. 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 conguration through the onboard controller.
Install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
• For detailed instructions on how to congure 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 limitation, SATA 4 and SATA 5 do not support IDE
mode, only support AHCI and RAID mode.
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M3N78-VM
M3N78-VM SATA Connectors
GND RSATA_TXP4 RSAT
A_TXN4
GND RSATA_RXP4 RSAT
A_RXN4
GND
SATA4
GND RSATA_TXP5 RSAT
A_TXN5
GND RSATA_RXP5 RSAT
A_RXN5
GND
SATA5
GND RSATA_TXP3 RSAT
A_TXN3
GND RSATA_RXP3 RSAT
A_RXN3
GND
SATA3
GND RSATA_TXP2 RSAT
A_TXN2
GND RSATA_RXP2 RSAT
A_RXN2
GND
SATA2
GND RSATA_TXP1 RSAT
A_TXN1
GND RSATA_RXP1 RSAT
A_RXN1
GND
SATA1

Asus M3N78-VM Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	6
Number of SATA connectors	5
PS/2 ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	VIA VT1708B
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

Weight and Dimensions

Width	244 mm