Asus Rampage III Black Edition - Manual (Page 66)

2. ICH10R Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1–6 [black])
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical
disc drives via Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5,
and 10 configuration with the Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology through the
onboard Intel ® ICH10R chipset.
• These connectors are set to [IDE] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set Configure SATA as in the BIOS
to [RAID Mode]. Refer to section �.�.� 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 Configure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI Mode]. Refer to section �.�.� Storage Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 3 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.
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