Gigabyte ga-z170-hd3p [14/44] Sata express sata express connectors

6) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)

The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA

1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel

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ChipsetsupportsRAID0,

RAID1,RAID5,andRAID10.RefertoChapter3,"ConguringaRAIDSet,"forinstructionsonconguring

aRAIDarray.

To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS

Setup,""Peripherals\SATAConguration,"formoreinformation.

Pin No. Denition

7 GND

5) SATA EXPRESS (SATA Express Connectors)

Each SATA Express connector supports a single SATA Express device.

7) M2A_32G (M.2 Socket 3 Connector)

 TheM.2connectorsupportsM.2SATASSDsandM.2PCIeSSDsandsupportRAIDcongurationthroughthe

Intel

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Chipset.PleasenotethatanM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtocreateaRAIDseteitherwithanM.2SATA

SSDoraSATAharddrive.TocreateaRAIDarraywithanM.2PCIeSSD,youmustsetupthecongurationin

UEFIBIOSmode.RefertoChapter3,"ConguringaRAIDSet,"forinstructionsonconguringaRAIDarray.

Step 1:

Follow the steps below to correctly install an M.2 SSD in the M.2 connector.