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7. SATA 6Gb/s ports
TheSATA6Gb/sportsallowyoutoconnectSATAdevicessuchasopticaldiscdrives
andharddiskdrivesviaaSATAcable.
SATA6G_4
SATA6G_3
A
SATA6G_2
SATA6G_1
B
GND
RSATA_TXP
RSATA_TXN
GND
RSATA_RXN
RSATA_RXP
GND
GND
RSATA_RXP
RSATA_RXN
GND
RSATA_TXN
RSATA_TXP
GND
A
B
IfyouinstalledSATAstoragedevices,youcancreateaRAID0,1,5,and10configuration
withtheIntel
®
RapidStorageTechnologythroughtheonboardIntel
®
Z490chipset.
• Theslotsaresetto[AHCI Mode]bydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSATARAIDset
usingtheseconnectors,settheSATAModeitemintheBIOSto[Intel RST Premium
(RAID)].
• WhenadeviceinSATAmodeisinstalledontheM.2_1socket,SATA6G_2port
cannotbeused.
• BeforecreatingaRAIDset,refertotheRAID Configuration Guide.Youcan
downloadtheRAID Configuration GuidefromtheASUSwebsite.