Gigabyte Z490M GAMING X [17/48] M2a_sb m socket 3 connector

Installation Notices for the M.2 and SATA Connectors:

The availability of the SATA connectors may be affected by the type of device installed in the M.2 connector.

Refertothefollowingtablesfordetails.

• M2A_SB:

SATA3 0 SATA3 1 SATA3 2 SATA3 3 SATA3 4 SATA3 5

M.2SATASSD

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a a a a

M.2PCIeSSD

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.

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

Step 3:

PresstheM.2SSDdownandthensecureitwiththescrew.Replacetheheatsinkandsecureittotheoriginal

hole.Makesuretoremovetheprotectivelmfromthebottomoftheheatsinkbeforereplacingtheheatsink.

M2A_SB

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