Serial Sata / Sata2 / Sata3 Hard Disk Installation - ASROCK IMB-170 User Manual

2.3 Serial SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hard Disk Installation

This motherboard adopts Intel
/ SATA3 hard disks and RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid
Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology.
STEP 1: Connect the SATA power cable to the hard disk.
STEP 2: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the hard disk.
STEP 3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the mother-
board's SATA2 / SATA3 connectors.
Serial ATA2 Connectors
(SATA2_2:
see p.11, No. 21)
(SATA2_3:
see p.11, No. 22)
Serial ATA3 Connector
(SATA3_0:
see p.11, No. 19)
(SATA3_1:
see p.11, No. 20)
®
QM77 chipset that supports SATA / SATA2
SATA2_2
SATA2_3
SATA3_0
SATA3_1
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These two Serial ATA2
(SATA2) connectors sup-
port SATA data cables for
internal storage devices.
The current SATA2 interface
allows up to 3.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate.
These two Serial ATA3
(SATA3) connector sup-
ports SATA data cables for
internal storage devices.
The current SATA3 interface
allows up to 6.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate.