Asus M2N68 AM - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual page 32

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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 specification. 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 10, and JBOD configuration through the onboard controller.
M2N68-AM SATA connectors
• Install the Windows
• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA
For detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD,
refer to the RAID manual in the Support DVD.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector
SATA1/2
SATA3/4
1-22
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XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.
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Mode select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See page 2-9 for details.
Color
Red
Red
SATA2
SATA1
SATA3 SATA4
Setting
Master
Slave
Use
Boot disk
Data disk
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