Asus F1A75-V PRO - Manual (Page 47)

ASUS F1A75-V PRO 2-27
Chapter 2
2.8.3 Internal connectors
1. SATA Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1, SATA6G_1~6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical disc drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10,
or JBOD configuration through the onboard AMD® A75 FCH controller.
• These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In IDE mode, you can connect Serial
ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors to [RAID] in the
BIOS. See section 3.4.2 SATA Configuration for details.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using Windows
® XP SP3 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the type of the SATA connectors to [AHCI] in the
BIOS. See section 3.4.2 SATA Configuration for details.