Asus A55M-A Series User Manual page 37

3. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G 1~6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 3.0 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, or RAID 10 configuration through the onboard controller.
A55M-A/USB3
A55M-A/USB3 SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
• These connectors are set to AHCI mode by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[RAID]. See section 2.5.2 SATA 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 type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 2.5.2 SATA Configuration for details.
ASUS A55M-A Series
SATA3G_5
SATA3G_3
SATA3G_1
XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial
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XP SP3 or later version.
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SATA3G_6
SATA3G_4
SATA3G_2
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