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Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G 1~4)

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 configuration through the onboard controller.

A58M-K

A58M-K SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors

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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.

A58M-K

A58M-K Serial port connectors

The COM module is purchased separately.

1-16

SATA3G_1

These connectors are set to AHCI 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

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].

SATA3G_2

SATA3G_3

XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial

COM

PIN 1

SATA3G_4

GND

RSATA_RXP4

RSATA_RXN4

GND

RSATA_TXN4

RSATA_TXP4

GND

Chapter 1: Product introduction