Internal Connectors - Asus Z97-WS User Manual

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Internal connectors

1. Intel Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/6, SATAEXPRESS_1)
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These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 Gb/s
signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
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These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID
Mode]. Refer to section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
The M.2 Socket 3 and SATAEXPRESS_1 connectors share the same PCIe x2
bandwidth. When you use both connectors, the system automatically detects the
devices connected to these connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than
SATA_EXPRESS_1 interface. Refer to section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of
this user guide for more details.
The SATAEXPRESS_1 connector can support one SATA Express device or two
SATA devices.
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