User's Manual

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.1.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel
®
Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12; SATA 6G_34;
SATA 6G_56)
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
congurationwiththeIntel
®
RapidStorageTechnologythroughtheonboardIntel
®

X299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[Intel
RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration (RAID)].
• DuetothewayIntelreadsdrivenumbersbasedonthePCHpinout,theSATAdrive
namingontheIRSTdriverwillbeshiftedby2(i.e.SATA_1willbereportedasinternal
emptyport3.