4.ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6 [red])

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical disc drives.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID

1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH10R RAID controller.

• You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only if you are using Windows® XP or later version.

•These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 3.3.6 Storage Configuration for details.s

•When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 3.3.6 Storage Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to 4.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

 

right angle side

Connect the right-angle side of SATA

signal cable to SATA device. Or you

 

may connect the right-angle side of

 

SATA cable to the onboard SATA port

 

to avoid mechanical conflict with huge

 

graphics cards.

 

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