Asus P8Z77-V Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 1
3. Marvell
®
Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E12/E34 [navy blue])
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0
Gb/s signal cables.
You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
When using NCQ, set the Marvell Storage Controller item in the BIOS to [
Enabled].
Refer to section 3.5.6 Onboard Devices Conguration for details.
Press <Ctrl> + <M> during POST to enter the Marvell RAID utility to create or delete a
RAID conguration.
If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID conguration created
using the Marvell SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the
motherboard support DVD and load the driver during OS installation. For 32/64bit
Windows XP OS, load rst the Marvell shared library driver, and then load Marvell
91xx SATA Controller Driver. For Windows
®
7 OS, load only the Marvell 91xx SATA
Controller Driver.
Connect one HDD and one SSD to Marvell
®
SATA6G_E12/E34 connectors for a high
performance of ASUS SSD Caching II.
The SATA6G_E12/E34 connectors are recommended for regular use.