Serial Ata (Sata) / Serial Ataii (Sataii) Hard Disks Installation; Serial Ata3 (Sata3) Hard Disks Installation - ASROCK X79 Extreme4-M User Manual

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2.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel

ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel

Rapid Storage3.0) functions. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this moth-

erboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA /

SATAII hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATAII con-

nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard

disk.

This motherboard adopts Intel

disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage3.0)

functions for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors. It also adopts ASMedia ASM1061

chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard disks for SATA3_A0 connector. You

may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This

section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks.

STEP 1: Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's SATA3 con-

nector.

STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk.

Please be noted that SATA3_A0 does not support RAID function. If you

want to use RAID function on SATA3 connectors, please use SATA3_0 and

SATA3_1 connectors.

X79 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial

X79 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 (SATA3) hard

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