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Intel, Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connector 7-pin SATA6G_5, SATA6G_6, SATAEXPRESS

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11. Intel® Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connector (7-pin SATA6G_5, SATA6G_6, SATAEXPRESS) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 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® Z97 chipset. Z97-E/USB 3.1 SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6 GND RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5 GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5 GND GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6 GND Floating Device_Reset GND Detection SATAEXPRESS Z97-E/USB 3.1 Intel® SATA 6 Gb/s connectors • These connectors are set to [AHCI] 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]. Refer to section 2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • The M.2 Socket 3 and SATA Express slot share the same PCIe bandwidth. When you use both connectors, the system automatically detects the devices connected to these connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than SATA Express slot. • The SATAEXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA devices. 1-22 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
11.
Intel
®
Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connector (7-pin SATA6G_5, SATA6G_6,
SATAEXPRESS)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0
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
®
Z97
chipset.
•
These connectors are set to
[AHCI]
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]
.
Refer to section
2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration
for details.
•
Before creating a RAID set, refer to the manual bundled in the motherboard support
DVD.
•
The M.2 Socket 3 and SATA Express slot share the same PCIe bandwidth. When you
use both connectors, the system automatically detects the devices connected to these
connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than SATA Express slot.
•
The SATAEXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA
devices.
Z97-E/USB 3.1
Z97-E/USB 3.1 Intel
®
SATA 6 Gb/s connectors
SATA6G_5
SATAEXPRESS
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
Floating
Device_Reset
GND
Detection
SATA6G_6