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Serial ata hard disk drive connection – Asus P5K-E/WiFi-AP User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

Connect the right-angle side

of SATA signal cable to SATA

device. Or you may connect the

right-angle side of SATA cable to

the onboard SATA port to avoid

mechanical conflict with huge

graphics cards.

right angle side

• You must install the Windows

®

XP Service Pack 1 or later version before

using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0,

RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10) is available only if you are using Windows

®

XP or later version.

• When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary

(boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5 connector. Refer to the table below

for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA1/2/5/6

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA3/4

Black

Slave

Data Disk

When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to

[AHCI]. See section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.