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Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal 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
conguration 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 Conguration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID congurations 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[IDE
Mode] to ensure that the system recognizes your ODD device.
• WhenusingNCQ, set the SATAMode in the BIOS toWhen using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section
3.5.4 SATA Conguration for details.
• Youmust install WindowsYou 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.