Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - Internal Connectors

ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
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Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. AMD
®
Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6 [gray])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 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, RAID 5,
or RAID 10 conguration through the onboard AMD
®
SB950 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 SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID
Mode]. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Conguration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section
5.1 RAID congurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• When creating a RAID set, set the SATA_5-6 connectors to
[AHCI Mode] or [IDE
Mode] to ensure that the system recognizes your ODD device.
• When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section
3.5.4 SATA Conguration for details.
• You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows
®
XP SP3 or later versions.