Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME User Guide - Page 56
Internal connectors, Intel, Z170 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s and SATA Express connectors 7-pin SATA6G_56
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Chapter 1 1.2.9 Internal connectors 1. Intel® Z170 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s and SATA Express connectors (7-pin SATA6G_56; SATAEXPRESS12) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 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® Z170 chipset. • These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. Refer to section SATA Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section SATA Configuration for details. 1-38 Chapter 1: Product Introduction