Intel ® Z97 Serial Ata 6.0 Gb/S Connectors (7-Pin Sata6G_1-6) - Asus Z97-K/USB3.1 Manual

4. Intel Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~6)
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These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0
Gb/s signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
configuration with the Intel
chipset.
Z97-K/USB 3.1
Z97-K/USB 3.1 Intel
• These connectors are set to [AHCI] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to
[RAID]. See section 2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to the RAID Supplementary Guide included in the
folder named Manual in the support DVD.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to
[AHCI].
M.2 Socket 3 shares the bandwidth with SATA ports 5 and 6. To ensure that the M.2
PCIe device is working properly, SATA ports 5 and 6 are disabled. See section 2.6.3 PCH
Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details.
ASUS Z97-K/USB 3.1
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
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SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA 6 Gb/s connectors
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Z97
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