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2.8.2

Internal connectors

1. Intel

®

P55 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [gray])

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

1� configuration with the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard

Intel

®

P55 chipset.

• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard

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 Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See

section 3.4.5 Storage Configuration for details.

• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.5 RAID configurations or

the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

• You must install Windows

®

XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using

Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if

you are using Windows

®

XP SP2 or later versions.

• When using hot-plug and NC�, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to

[AHCI]. See section 3.4.5 Storage Configuration for details.

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