Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Manual page 54

3. Marvell ® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2 [navy blue])
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0
Gb/s signal cables.
• You must install Windows
hard disk drives.
• When using NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller item in the BIOS to [Enabled].
Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration for details.
• Press <Ctrl> + <M> during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a
RAID configuration.
• If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created
using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the
motherboard support DVD and load the driver during OS installation. For 32/64bit
Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell
91xx SATA Controller Driver. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, load only the
Marvell 91xx SATA Controller Driver.
• Connect one HDD and one SSD to Marvell
performance of ASUS SSD Caching.
• The SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors are recommended for regular use.
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE
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XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA
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SATA6G_E1/E2 connectors for a high
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