Asus DELUXE/WD P8Z77-I User Manual download pdf (Page 42)

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

Chapter 1

1.2.8 Internal connectors

1. Intel

Z77 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [gray])

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

Z77

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 3.5.3 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 using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [

AHCI Mode]. Refer to section

3.5.3 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.

P8Z77-I DELUXE/WD

A6G_

SATA

SATA_T

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SATA

SATA_T

P8Z77-I DELUXE/WD SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors

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