Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1, User Manual

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8) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel
®
Z97 Chipset)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s
standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel
®
Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 5, and RAID 10. Refer to Chapter 3, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring
a RAID array.
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1
Pin No. Definition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
SATA3
3 2
5 4
7
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
F_USB30
F_ U
B_
F_ F_
_
B
B S_
B
S B_
B
_ S
S_
_
B
_ U
_
B
S
12
3
1 23
12
3
1 2 3
1
1
1
1
B S S
S
_S
S S U
1 2 3 4 5
S 3
B S S S
U
_ _ 3
F_USB3 F
S _
S _
S F
Pin No. Definition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
9) GSATA3 6/7/8/9 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Marvell
®
88SE9172 Chips)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s
standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Marvell
®
chip supports RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Refer to Chapter 3, "Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)," for instructions on configuring a RAID array.
7
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
1
1
GSATA3
7 9
6 8
•
A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least two hard drives. If more than two hard drives
are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
• A RAID 5 configuration requires at least three hard drives. (The total number of hard drives does
not have to be an even number.)
•
A RAID 10 configuration requires four hard drives.
• To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals\SATA
Configuration," for more information.
•
SATA Express and SATA3 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time.