Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/ USB3 - Motherboard Component Details (6-12)

ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3
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Ifthestepsabovedonothelp,removetheonboardbatteryandshortthetwopinsagain
tocleartheCMOSRTCRAMdata.AfterclearingtheCMOS,reinstallthebattery.
Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~6)
TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA3.0Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA
3.0Gb/ssignalcables.IfyouinstallSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreatea
RAID0,RAID1,RAID10andJBODcongurationthroughtheonboardcontroller
• TheseconnectorsaresettoIDEmodebydefault.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].
• 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].
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.
System panel connector (10-1 pin F_PANEL)
Thisconnectorsupportsseveralchassis-mountedfunctions.
USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_E34)
ConnectaUSB3.0moduletothisconnectorforadditionalUSB3.0frontorrear
panelports.ThisconnectorcomplieswithUSB3.0specicationsandprovides
fasterdatatransferspeedsofupto5Gbps,fasterchargingtimeforUSB-
chargeabledevices,optimizedpowerefciency,andbackwardcompatibilitywith
USB2.0.
USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB56, USB78)
ConnecttheUSBmodulecabletoanyoftheseconnectors,theninstallthemodule
toaslotopeningatthebackofthesystemchassis.TheseUSBconnectorscomply
withUSB2.0specicationsandsupportupto480Mbpsconnectionspeed.
Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM)
Thisconnectorisforaserial(COM)port.Connecttheserialportmodulecableto
thisconnector,theninstallthemoduletoaslotopeningatthebackofthesystem
chassis.
LPT connector (26-1 pin LPT)
TheLPT(LinePrintingTerminal)connectorsupportsdevicessuchasaprinter.
LPTstandardizesasIEEE1284,whichistheparallelportinterfaceonIBMPC-
compatiblecomputers.