Internal Connectors - Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX GEN3 R2.0 User Manual

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Internal connectors

1. AMD Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6 [brown])
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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.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
configuration through the onboard AMD
These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
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ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID
Mode]. Refer to section 3.5.4 SATA Configuration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
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bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• When creating a RAID set, set the SATA_5-6 connectors to [AHCI Mode] or [IDE
Mode] to ensure that the system recognizes your ODD device.
When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section
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3.5.4 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
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0
SB950 chipset.
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XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial
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XP SP3 or later versions.
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