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Chapter 1: Product introduction
3. Intel
®
Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~6)
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
®
Z97
chipset.
•
These connectors are set to [
AHCI
] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode
Selection
item in the BIOS to
[
RAID
]. See section
2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration
for details.
•
Before creating a RAID set, refer to the RAID Supplementary Guide included in the
folder named Manual in the support DVD.
•
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the
SATA Mode Selection
item in the BIOS to
[AHCI].
M.2 Socket 3 shares the bandwidth with SATA ports 5 and 6. To ensure that the M.2
PCIe device is working properly, SATA ports 5 and 6 are disabled. See section
2.6.3 PCH
Storage Configuration
of this user guide for more 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_4
GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND
SATA6G_3
GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3 GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6
GND
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5
GND
Z97-K R2.0
Z97-K R2.0 SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
•
The CPU_FAN connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12 W) fan power.
•
The CPU_FAN and CHA_FAN connectors support the ASUS FAN Xpert 2+ feature.
•
The chassis fan connectors support DC and PWM modes. To set these fans to DC or
PWM, go to
Advanced Mode
>
Monitor
>
Chassis Fan 1/2 Q-Fan Control
items in
BIOS.
