2.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation
This motherboard adopts Intel® X79 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage3.0) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this moth- erboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII con- nector.
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.
2.17 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 Storage3.0) functions for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors. It also adopts ASMedia ASM1061 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_A0 connector. 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.
Please be noted that SATA3_A0 does not support RAID function. If you want to use RAID function on SATA3 connectors, please use SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors.
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