ASRock X79 Extreme9 manual Serial ATA Sata / Serial ATA2 SATA2 Hard Disks Installation

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2.17 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel® X79 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0) functions. You may install SATA / SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 con- nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk.

2.18 Serial ATA3 (SATA3) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel® X79 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0) functions for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors. Marvell SE9220 chipset sup- ports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1) functions for SATA3_M0 and SATA3_M1 connectors. And Marvell SE9172 chipset supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1) for SATA3_M2, SATA3_ M3, SATA3_M4 and SATA3_M5 connectors. You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA3 con- nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

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