1.2.9Internal connectors
1.Intel® Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 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® Z97 chipset.
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1 Chapter
•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 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
•Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
•The M.2 Socket 3 and SATAEXPRESS_1 connectors share the same PCIe x2 bandwidth. When you use both connectors, the system automatically detects the devices connected to these connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than SATA_EXPRESS_1 interface. Refer to section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details.
•The SATAEXPRESS_1 connector can support one SATA Express device or two
SATA devices.
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