Specifications

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2. Intel
®
H97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~4)
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
conguration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
H97
chipset.
• 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 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.
A
B
SATA6G_2
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
H97-PRO
H97-PRO Intel
®
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
The M.2 Socket 3 and SATA Express slot share the same PCIe 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 slot. Refer to
section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details.