Asus Z97-K Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
3. Intel
®
Z97 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~6)
TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA6.0Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA6.0
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
®
Z97
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].Seesection2.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• BeforecreatingaRAIDset,refertotheRAIDSupplementaryGuideincludedinthe
foldernamedManualinthesupportDVD.
• Whenusinghot-plugandNCQ,settheSATA Mode SelectionitemintheBIOSto
[AHCI].
M.2Socket3sharesthebandwidthwithSATAports5and6.ToensurethattheM.2
PCIedeviceisworkingproperly,SATAports5and6aredisabled.Seesection2.6.3 PCH
Storage Configuration of this user guide for more details.
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
RSATA_TXN4
RSATA_TXP4
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
RSATA_TXN3
RSATA_TXP3
GND
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
SATA6G_5
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
Z97-K
Z97-K
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
• TheCPU_FANconnectorsupportstheCPUfanofmaximum1A(12W)fanpower.
• TheCPU_FANandCHA_FANconnectorssupporttheASUSFANXpert3feature.
• TheCPUfanconnectordetectsthetypeofCPUfaninstalledandautomatically
switchesthecontrolmodes.ToconguretheCPUfan’scontrolmode,goto
Advanced Mode > Monitor > CPU Q-Fan ControliteminBIOS.
• ThechassisfanconnectorssupportDCandPWMmodes.TosetthesefanstoDCor
PWM,gotoAdvanced Mode > Monitor > Chassis Fan 1/2 Q-Fan Control items in
BIOS.