Asus M4A89GTD PRO Series User Manual page 49

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2. AMD SB850 Serial ATA Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 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, RAID 5,
or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard AMD
• These connectors are set to Native IDE mode by default. In Native 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 OnChip SATA Type item
in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 3.4.2 Storage 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 OnChip SATA Type in the BIOS to [AHCI].
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See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO Series
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XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial
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XP SP2 or later version.
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SB850 controller.
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