Asus P7P55D-E - Premium Motherboard - ATX User Manual page 51

2. Intel P55 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6)
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These connectors connect to Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical disc drives via
Serial ATA 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.
• 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 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for
details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 RAID configurations or the RAID
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manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• You must install Windows
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is available only if
you are using Windows
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to
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[AHCI]. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
ASUS P7P55D-E
Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
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XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA
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XP SP2 or later version.
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P55
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