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7 internal connectors, Internal connectors -25, Chapter 2 – Asus P8Z68 DELUXE User Manual

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ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe

2-25

Chapter 2

2.2.7

Internal connectors

1.

Intel

®

Z68 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [gray])

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

®

Z68

chipset.

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

3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.

Before creating a RAID set, refer to section

4.4 RAID configurations or the manual

bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

When using NCQ, set the

SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section

3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.

You must install Windows

®

XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial

ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows

®

XP SP3 or later versions.

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