User's Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
5. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G 1~6)
TheseconnectorsarefortheSerialATA3.0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,orRAID10congurationthroughtheonboardcontroller.
• TheseconnectorsaresettoAHCImodebydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSerial
ATARAIDsetusingtheseconnectors,setthe OnChip SATA TypeitemintheBIOSto
[RAID].Seesection2.6.2 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 OnChip SATA TypeitemintheBIOSto
[AHCI].Seesection2.6.2 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA3G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA3G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA3G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA3G_4
SATA3G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA3G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
A58M-A/USB3
A58M-A/USB3 SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
6. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
ThisconnectorisforanadditionalSony/PhilipsDigitalInterface(S/PDIF)port.
TheS/PDIFmoduleispurchasedseparately.
SPDIF_OUT
+5V SPDIFOUT GND
A58M-A/USB3
A58M-A/USB3 Digital audio connector