Asus P7H55/USB3 User Manual

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H55 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives

and optical disc drives.

• 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.

• You must install Windows

XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA

hard disk drives.

• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [AHCI].

See section Storage Configuration for details.