Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z - Manual (Page 64)

3. Marvell ® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors
(7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2 [red])
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 (red) connectors are for data drives only.
• 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 Controller item in the BIOS
to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section �.�.� 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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