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Connect the right-angle side of SATA
signal cable to SATA device. Or you may
connect the right-angle side of SATA
cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid
mechanical conflict with huge graphics
cards.
• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these
connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these
connectors, set the
Configure SATA as
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section
5.3.5 Storage Configuration
for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to the manual bundled in the motherboard
support DVD.
• You must install the Windows
®
XP/Vista Service Pack before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is
available only if you are using Windows
®
XP/Vista.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the
Configure SATA as
in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section
2.3.5 Storage Configuration
for details.
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3.. ICH10R.Serial.ATA.connectors.[red].(7-pin.SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical disc drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and
10 configuration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard
Intel
®
ICH10R RAID controller.
