ASUS Z170-WS Guia Do Utilizador

Z170-WS

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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

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 Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel

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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 3.6.4 PCH Configuration for details.

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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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ASMedia storage controller can only support AHCI mode.

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These SATA ports are for data drives only.

The M.2_1 socket shares SATA ports with SATA6G_56; the M.2_2 socket shares 

bandwidth with U.2 connector, and shares SATA ports with SATA6G_12 when using 

SATA mode. 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 

interface. You can adjust the BIOS settings to set the priority.