Asus P5E3 Pro - Manual (Page 34)

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4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.
P5E3 PRO SATA connectors
SATA4
GN
D
RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4
GN
D
RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4
GN
D
SATA6 SATA5
GND
RSATA_TXN5
RSATA_TXP5
GND
RSATA_RXN5
RSATA_RXP5
GND
GND
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
GN
D
RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXP3
GN
D
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3
GN
D
SATA3
SATA2
GN
D
RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2
GN
D
RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2
GN
D
GN
D
RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP1
GN
D
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1
GN
D
SATA1
P5E3 PRO
5. Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD)
These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as
a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card.
P5E3 PRO Internal audio connector
P5E3 PRO
CD
Left
Audio Channel
GND GND Right
Audio Channel
• Install the Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using Serial ATA.
• The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB
floppy disk drive when installing Windows ® XP operating system on a hard disk drive
that includes a RAID/AHCI set. Refer to the bundled Support DVD for how to create a
RAID/AHCI drive disk.
• Due to Windows ® XP limitation, Windows ® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk
drive.
• For more details on RAID/AHCI supplementary guide included in the folder named
Manual in the support DVD.