Asus WS Z390 PRO, Manual

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.1.8 Internal connectors
1. Intel ® Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12; SATA 6G_34;
SATA 6G_56)
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
configuration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
Z390 chipset.
• When using a PCIe or SATA device in the M2X4_1 socket, SATA_56 will be disabled.
• When using a SATA device in the M2X4_2 socket, SATA6G_12 connector will be
disabled.
• When using the SATA_56 connector, no device must be connected to the M2X4_1
connector.
• 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 [Intel
RST Premium (RAID)] .