10.
Intel
H170 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1~6, SATAEXPRESS)
®
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0
Gb/s signal cables.
H170M-PLUS
H170M-PLUS Intel
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [AHCI].
See section 2.6.5 SATA Configuration for details.
•
M.2 socket and SATA Express connector support PCIe and SATA devices in PCIe
and SATA modes.
•
W hen a device in PCIe mode is installed on the M.2 socket, SATA Express supports
devices in both PCIe and SATA modes.
•
W hen a device in SATA mode is installed on the M.2 socket, SATA Express supports
one PCIe mode device or one SATA mode device (installed on SATA6G_2 connector
only). In this setup, the system sets a higher priority for M.2 socket than the SATA
Express connector.
•
The SATA EXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or at most two
SATA devices.
ASUS H170M-PLUS
A
SATA6G_1
SATA6G_2
A
B
SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors
®
SATA6G_4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
B
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SATA6G_3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SATA6G_5
SATA6G_6
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