3.5.4
Internal connectors
1.
Marvell
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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.
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Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 [gray])
For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD
to Marvell
SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 connectors.
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For SSD Caching setup, you can use more than one SSD and only one HDD.
You cannot use ASUS SSD Caching and Marvell
For regular usage, the SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 connectors are recommended for data
drivers.
You must install Windows
hard disk drives.
Press <Ctrl> + <M> during POST to enter the Marvell
a RAID configuration.
If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created
using the Marvell
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SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the
motherboard support DVD and load the driver during OS installation. For 32/64bit
Windows XP OS, load first the Marvell
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92xx SATA Controller Driver. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, load only the
Marvell
92xx SATA Controller Driver.
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XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA
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shared library driver, and then load Marvell
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Chapter 3: Motherboard information
RAID at the same time.
RAID utility to create or delete
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