beautypg.com

Serial ata hard disk drive connection, Asus p5gz-mx 1-29, Connector color setting use – Asus P5GZ-MX User Manual

Page 41

background image

ASUS P5GZ-MX

1-29

3. Serial ATA connectors

(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA

hard disk drives.

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

(boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2 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

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA3/4

Black

Slave

Data Disk

P5GZ-MX SATA Connectors

P5GZ-MX

R

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_RXN1

GND

SATA1

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_RXN2

GND

SATA2

GND

RSATA_TXP3

RSATA_TXN3

GND

RSATA_RXP3

RSATA_RXN3

GND

SATA3

GND

RSATA_TXP4

RSATA_TXN4

GND

RSATA_RXP4

RSATA_RXN4

GND

SATA4