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Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2
2. Intel
®
H77 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4 [blue])
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical disc
drives via Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
conguration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
H77
chipset.
•
These connectors are set to [IDE] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID
set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [RAID].
Refer to section 3.5.3 SATA Conguration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.4 RAID congurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
•
When using NCQ, set the
SATA Mode Selection
in the BIOS to [AHCI]. Refer to
section
3.5.3 SATA Conguration
for details.
•
You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial
ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if you are using
Windows
®
XP SP3 or later versions.
P8H77-V
P8H77-V Intel
®
SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
S
AT
A3G_
4
G
N
D
R
SATA_R
XP
4
R
SATA_R
XN
4
G
N
D
R
SATA_T
X
N
4
R
SATA_T
X
P
4
G
N
D
S
AT
A3G_
3
G
N
D
R
SA
TA_T
X
P
3
R
SA
T
A_TXN3
G
N
D
R
SATA
_
R
XN
3
R
S
A
TA
_R
X
P
3
G
N
D
S
AT
A3G_
2
G
N
D
R
SATA_T
X
P
2
R
SA
T
A_TXN2
G
N
D
R
SATA
_
R
XN
2
R
S
A
TA
_
R
X
P
2
G
N
D
S
AT
A3G_
1
G
N
D
R
SATA_T
X
P
1
R
SA
T
A_TXN1
G
N
D
R
SA
TA_R
XN
1
R
S
A
TA
_
R
X
P
1
G
N
D