Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 2
2. Intel
®
Z77 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
conguration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
Z77
chipset.
These connectors are set to [AHCI] 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 Conguration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 4.5 RAID congurations 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 Conguration
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.
P8Z77-V LE PLUS
P8Z77-V LE PLUS Intel SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
SATA3G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA3G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA3G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA3G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND