Asus M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 User Manual page 39

4. AMD SB710 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1/2/3/5/6)
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These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s 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, RAID 1, or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD
controller.
M4A88T-V EVO/USB3
M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 SATA connectors
• These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In 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 type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[RAID]. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.3.4 SATA Configuration for details.
ASUS M4A88T-V EVO Series
SATA3
XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial
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XP SP2 or later version.
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SATA6 SATA5
SATA2 SATA1
SB710
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