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Chapter 2: Hardware information
3. ICH8 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
R
P5B
P5B SATA Connectors
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P
RS
AT
A_
TX
N
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P
RS
AT
A_
RX
N
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P
RS
AT
A_
TX
N
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P
RS
AT
A_
RX
N
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P
RS
AT
A_
TX
N
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P
RS
AT
A_
RX
N
G
ND
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA2
When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot)
hard disk drive to the SATA/2 connector. Refer to the table below for the
recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
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
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector
Color
Setting
Use
SATA/2
Black
Master
Boot disk
SATA/
Black
Slave
Data Disk