Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 - Page 32

1-22
Chapter 1: Product introduction
11. Intel
®
Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connector (7-pin SATA6G_5, SATA6G_6,
SATAEXPRESS)
TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA6.0Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA6.0
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]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].
Refertosection2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• BeforecreatingaRAIDset,refertothemanualbundledinthemotherboardsupport
DVD.
• 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.
• TheSATAEXPRESSconnectorcansupportoneSATAExpressdeviceortwoSATA
devices.
Z97-E/USB 3.1
Z97-E/USB 3.1 Intel
®
SATA 6 Gb/s connectors
SATA6G_5
SATAEXPRESS
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
Floating
Device_Reset
GND
Detection
SATA6G_6