Asus P9X79 DELUXE User Manual download pdf (Page 48)

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Chapter 2

2.2.7 Internal connectors

1. Intel

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

configuration with the Intel

Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel

X79

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 3.5.4 SATA Conguration for details.

• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 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

3.5.4 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.

IRST driver note for OS installation

•

Windows XP:

32 bit: Intel IRST driver for X79 platform will NOT support Windows XP 32 bit. Please

set to [IDE Mode] for OS installation.

64 bit: When [SATA Mode] is set to [AHCI Mode][RAID Mode], it is necessary to load

IRST Driver from driver disk during OS Windows XP 64 bit installation for the system

to detect the storage devices. For details, please refer to the section "4.5 Create a

RAID driver disk".

•

Windows 7 & Vista:

When [SATA Mode] is set to [RAID Mode], you must load IRST

Driver during Windows 7 or Vista installation for the system to detect the Optical Disk

Drive (the ODD should be connected to the Intel SATA ports), or else the ODD will not

run. We strongly recommend you save the IRST Driver from SCD to the USB Flash

Drive before OS installation.

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