ASUS X79-DELUXE User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
1.2.8 
Internal connectors
1. 
Intel
®
 X79 Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [black]
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6Gb/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
®
 Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
 X79 
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 3.6.4 SATA Configuration for details.
• 
Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual 
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
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