Asus P7P55D Deluxe User Manual - Page 52
Intel, P55 Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA 1-6 - raid
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2. 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. Chapter 2 • 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]. Refer to section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.5 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 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. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to [AHCI]. Refer to section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information