Asus M4A87TD EVO - Manual (Page 39)

3. AMD ® SB850 Serial ATA Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 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, RAID 1, RAID 5,
or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD ® SB850 controller.
• These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In 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 SATA Port item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section 2.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
• 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 SP2 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the SATA Port item in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See
section 2.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
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