Asus tuf sabertooth z97 mark s [45/176] Internal connectors

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

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Chapter 1

1.2.9 Internal connectors

1. Intel

Z97 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-2 [black];

SATA6G_3-4 [black] SATA Express [black at the bottom])

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 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 the SATA Configuration section for details.

• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section vvvRAID configurations or the manual

bundled in the motherboard support DVD.