Asus H87M-PRO, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
H87 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/6 [yellow])
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
®
H87
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 3.6.3 SATA Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 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
3.6.3 SATA Configuration for details.
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5
GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6
GND
H87M-PRO
H87M-PRO Intel
®
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors