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3. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors [blue] (7-pin SATA 1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 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, 1, 5,
and 10 configuration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology through the
onboard Intel
®
ICH10R RAID controller.
• These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. If you intend to create a
Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the Configure SATA as
item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 3.3.5 Storage 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 hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. Refer to section 3.3.5 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.
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