Asus Z97-E User Guide - Page 29
Z97-E Intel, SATA 6 Gb/s connectors, Intel, Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors 7-pin SATA6G_56 - bios
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4. Intel® Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_56, SATAEXPRESS ) 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® Z97 chipset. SATA6G_5 SATA6G_6 Z97-E GND RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5 GND RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXN5 GND GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND Floating Device_Reset GND Detection SATAEXPRESS Z97-E Intel® SATA 6 Gb/s connectors • 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 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or 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. Refer to section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details. • The SATAEXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA devices. Chapter 1 ASUS Z97-E 1-15