1.2.9Internal connectors

1.Intel® Z97 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6)

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 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® Z97 chipset.

A SATA6G_1

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXN1

RSATA_RXP1

GND

SATA6G_2

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXN2

RSATA_RXP2

GND

 

A

Z97M-PLUS

B

B

SATA6G_3

SATA6G_4

 

GND

GND

 

RSATA_TXP3

RSATA_TXP4

 

RSATA_TXN3

RSATA_TXN4

 

GND

GND

 

RSATA_RXN3

RSATA_RXN4

 

RSATA_RXP3

RSATA_RXP4

 

GND

GND

SATA6G_5

SATA6G_6

GND

GND

RSATA_TXP5

RSATA_TXP6

RSATA_TXN5

RSATA_TXN6

GND

GND

RSATA_RXN5

RSATA_RXN6

RSATA_RXP5

RSATA_RXP6

GND

GND

Z97M-PLUS SATA 6.0Gb/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 3.6.3 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.

•When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to

[AHCI]. See section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.

M.2 Socket 3 shares the bandwidth with SATA ports 5 and 6. To ensure that the M.2 PCIe device is working properly, SATA ports 5 and 6 are disabled. See section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details.

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