Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks Installation - ASROCK 775i65PE-M User Manual

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Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel ICH5 south bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA
(SATA) hard disks. You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for
internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA hard disks.
STEP 1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.
STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard's primary
SATA connector (SATA1).
STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the primary SATA hard
disk. If you just want to install only one SATA HDD, the installation
process is complete at this step. If you want to install two SATA HDDs,
please continue to do the following steps.
STEP 5: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk.
STEP 6: Connect one end of the second SATA data cable to the motherboard's
secondary SATA connector (SATA2).
STEP 7: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the secondary SATA hard
disk.
Before you install OS into the SATA hard disk, you need to check and
ensure the configuration of the OnBoard IDE Operate Mode option in
BIOS setup is correct according to the condition of your system. For
the configuration details, please refer to the instruction on page 27.