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6) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)

The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA

1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The AMD A88X Chipset supports

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD. Refer to Chapter 3, "Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for

instructions on conguring a RAID array.

Pin No. Denition

7 GND

• A RAID 0 or RAID 1 conguration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard drives

are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.

• A RAID 5 conguration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives does

not have to be an even number.)

• A RAID 10 conguration requires four hard drives.

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1

6

7

7) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS Jumper)

Use this jumper to clear the BIOS conguration and reset the CMOS values to factory defaults. To clear

the CMOS values, use a metal object like a screwdriver to touch the two pins for a few seconds.

Open: Normal

Short: Clear CMOS Values

• Always turn off your computer before clearing the CMOS values.