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Asus P6X58-E WS User Manual

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3. Marvell

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Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1-2 [gray])

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

ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables.

• The SATA6G_E1/E2 (navy blue) 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 hot-plug and NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller

item in the BIOS to [Enabled]. Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices

Configuration for details.

• Press + 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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