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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

Chapter 1

1.2.9 Internal connectors

1. Intel

Z170 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s and SATA Express connectors (7-pin SATA6G_56;

SATAEXPRESS12)

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

Z170 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 SATA Configuration for details.

• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations 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

SATA Configuration for details.