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• For detailed instructions on RAID configurations, refer to the RAID manual in the

Support DVD.

• If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA

Mode Select item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See 2.3.4 Storage Configuration for

details.

• Due to the chipset’s limitation, SATA 5 and SATA 6 do not support IDE mode. They only

support AHCI and RAID modes.

4.

Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard disk

and optical disk drives. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA

1.5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the

standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133).

Install the Windows

®

XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA.

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