Internal Connectors - Asus P6X58D-E User Manual

2.8.3

Internal connectors

1. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA 1–6 [blue])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 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, 1, 5, and 10
configuration with the Intel
ICH10R RAID controller.
• 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 manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• 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 Configure SATA as in the BIOS to [AHCI].
See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details.
ASUS P6X58D-E
® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial
® XP SP 2 or later version.
®
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