Asus Sabertooth X58 - Manual (Page 47)

ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 2-29
Chapter 2
1. Intel ® ICH10R Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [black])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s 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 10
configuration with the Intel ® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel ®
ICH10R controller.
• 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 3.4.2 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.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows ® XP SP 2 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to [AHCI].
See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
2.8.3 Internal connectors