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ICH10R Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1-6 [red], ICH10R RAID controller. - windows 10

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3. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6 [red]) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH10R RAID 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 3.3.6 Storage Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4.3 Intel RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 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 or later version. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 3.3.6 Storage Configuration for details. Connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to SATA device. Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. right angle side ASUS P5Q PRO 2-27

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ASUS P5Q PRO
2-27
3.
ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6 [red])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID
1, RAID 5, RAID 10 configuration with the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
through the onboard Intel
®
ICH10R RAID controller.
Connect the right-angle side of SATA
signal cable to SATA device. Or you
may connect the right-angle side of
SATA cable to the onboard SATA port
to avoid mechanical conflict with huge
graphics cards.
right angle side
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
3.3.6 Storage Configuration
for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to section
4.4.3 Intel RAID
configurations
or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
You must install the Windows
®
XP Service Pack 1 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 or later version.
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the
Configure SATA as
in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section
3.3.6 Storage Configuration
for details.