Internal Connectors - Asus Z170-WS Manual

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Internal connectors

1. Intel Z170 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6)
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These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 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
Z170 chipset.
• These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID
Mode]. Refer to section 3.6.4 PCH Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• ASMedia storage controller can only support AHCI mode.
• These SATA ports are for data drives only.
The M.2_1 socket shares SATA ports with SATA6G_56; the M.2_2 socket shares
bandwidth with U.2 connector, and shares SATA ports with SATA6G_12 when using
SATA mode. When you use both connectors, the system automatically detects the devices
connected to these connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than SATA
interface. You can adjust the BIOS settings to set the priority.
ASUS Z170-WS
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
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