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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
Z97 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/6, SATAEXPRESS_1)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 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
®
Z97
chipset.
• These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID
Mode]. Refer to section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• The M.2 Socket 3 and SATAEXPRESS_1 connectors share the same PCIe x2
bandwidth. When you use both connectors, the system automatically detects the
devices connected to these connectors and set a higher priority to M.2 Socket 3 than
SATA_EXPRESS_1 interface. Refer to section 3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration of
this user guide for more details.
• The SATAEXPRESS_1 connector can support one SATA Express device or two
SATA devices.
SATA6G_1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
A
A B
B
Z97-WS Intel
®
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
Z97-WS
SATA6G_5
SATAEXPRESS_1
SATA6G_6
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXN6
RSATA_RXP6
GND
Floating
Device_Reset
GND
Detection