Asus Z170 PRO GAMING User Manual page 35

9. Intel Z170 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connector (7-pin SATA6G_1~6, SATAEXPRESS)
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This connector connects 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 with the Intel
Z170 chipset.
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• These connectors are set to [AHCI] 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].
Refer to section 2.6.5 SATA Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to the manual bundled in the motherboard support
DVD.
The SATAEXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA
devices.
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A
SATA6G_1
SATA6G_2
B
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
A
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_5
B
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
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SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
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