Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - Manual (Page 37)

ASUS SABERTOOTH X79 2-19
Chapter 2
3. Marvell ® Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2 [gray])
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6Gb/s
signal cables.
• The SATA6G_E1/E2 (gray) connectors do not support ATAPI devices.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
• For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD
to Marvell ® SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors.
• For regular usage, the SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors are recommended for data drives.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller item in the BIOS
to [Enabled]. Refer to section 3.5.5 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 32/64-bit
Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell
91xx SATA Controller Driver. For Windows Vista / Windows7 OS, load only the
Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver.