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3. ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3
[black], SATA4 [black], SATA5 [red], SATA6 [red])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
You can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configuration using
these connectors through the onboard ICH9R RAID controller. You can also
create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configuration using the Intel
Matrix Storage Technology.
• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
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 Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.2 Intel RAID Configuration or the
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manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
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