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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
2. Intel
®
Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~4)
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
®
Z97
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 3.6.3 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.
SATA6G_1
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
Z97-C
I II
Z97-C Intel
®
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
The M.2 Socket 3 and SATA Express slot share the same PCIe bandwidth. When you
use both connectors, the system automatically detects the devices connected to these
connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than SATA Express slot. Refer to
section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details.