3.Marvell® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2 [grey])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables.

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•The SATA6G_E1/E2 (grey) connectors are for data drives only. ATAPI device is not supported.

•You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.

•When using NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller item in the BIOS to [Enabled]. Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for details.

•Press <Ctrl> + <M> during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a

RAID configuration.

•If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the motherboard support DVD and load the driver during OS installation. For 32/64bit

Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, load only the Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver.

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