User Guide

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
Z170 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s and SATA Express connectors (7-pin SATA6G_56;
SATAEXPRESS12)
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
®
Z170 chipset.
• 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 SATA Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section
SATA Configuration for details.