3.Intel® H77 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~2 [blue])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical disc drives via Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® H77 chipset.

SATA3G_2

SATA3G_1

P8H77-M

GND RSATATXP2 RSATATXN2 GND RSATARXN2 RSATARXP2 GND

GND RSATATXP1 RSATATXN1 GND RSATARXN1 RSATARXP1 GND

SATA3G_4

SATA3G_3

GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

GND RSATA RXP3 RSATA RXN3 GND RSATA TXN3 RSATA TXP3 GND

P8H77-M Intel® SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors

• These connectors are set to [AHCI] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [RAID]. Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

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

3.5.3 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.

ASUS P8H77-M

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