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Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel ® Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12, SATA6G_34,
SATA6G_56/SATAEXPRESS_1)
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
®
Z97
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 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• The M.2 Socket 3 and SATAEXPRESS_1 connectors share the same PCIe x2
bandwidth. When you use both connectors, the system automatically detects the
devices connected to these connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than
SATAEXPRESS_1 interface. Refer to section
3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration
of
this user guide for more details.
• The SATAEXPRESS_1 connector can support one SATA Express device or two
SATA devices.