2.8.3Internal connectors

1.Intel® ICH10R Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [black])

These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s 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, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH10R controller.

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•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 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.

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

•You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using Windows® XP SP 2 or later version.

•When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.

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