Asus Motherboard P7P55D - Manual (Page 53)

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• 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 4.5 RAID configurations or the RAID
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 (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is available only if
you are using Windows ® XP SP2 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
4. Intel ® P55 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 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 ® P55
chipset.