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ASUS P7H55/USB3 1-25
6. Intel
®
H55 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives
and optical disc drives.
• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you
can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors.
• You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Congure SATA as item in the BIOS to [AHCI].
See section Storage Conguration for details.