Asus 990FXGEN3 Internal connectors, AMD Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors 7-pin SATA6G1-6 brown

1.2.9Internal connectors

1.AMD® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6 [brown])

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 through the onboard AMD® SB950 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 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

•When creating a RAID set, set the SATA_5-6 connectors to [AHCI Mode] or [IDE Mode] to ensure that the system recognizes your ODD device.

•When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section

3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.

•You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using Windows® XP SP3 or later versions.

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