ASUS MAXIMUS VIII GENE Manuel D’Utilisation

ASUS MAXIMUS VIII GENE

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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 

configuration with the Intel

®

 Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel

®

 

Z170 chipset.

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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 

]. Refer to section PCH Storage Configuration for details.

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Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations or the manual 

bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

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When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section 

 for details.