Asus Z170-PRO - Internal Connectors

ASUS Z170-PRO Series
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Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 6G_34; SATA 6G_56;
SATAEXPRESS)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 Gb/s
signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
congurationwiththeIntel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
Z170 chipset.
 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 3.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
 BeforecreatingaRAIDset,refertosection5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
 TheM.2socketsharesSATAportswithSATAExpress.OnlyoneSATAdevicecould
be activated. To use an M.2 SATA device, refer to section 3.6.8 Onboard Devices
Configuration regarding the BIOS switch.
 TheSATAEXPRESSconnectorcansupportoneSATAExpressdeviceortwoSATA
devices.