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Hardware Installation
8) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel
®
Chipset supports RAID 0 ,
RAID1,RAID5,andRAID10.RefertoChapter3,"ConguringSATAHardDrive(s),"forinstructionson
conguringaRAIDarray.
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1
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
SATA3
3 2 1
5 4 0
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
• ARAID0orRAID1congurationrequiresatleasttwoharddrives.Ifmorethantwoharddrives
are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
• ARAID5congurationrequiresatleastthreeharddrives.(Thetotalnumberofharddrivesdoes
nothavetobeanevennumber.)
• ARAID10congurationrequiresfourharddrives.
• To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Chipset\PCH SATA
Conguration,"formoreinformation.
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9) sSATA3 0/1/2/3 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s
standards. Only AHCI and IDE modes are supported. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device.
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1
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
sSATA3
3 1
2 0
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
7
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Chipset\PCH sSATA
Conguration,"formoreinformation.