Asus P5LD2-C/IPAT - Manual (Page 45)

ASUS P5LD2-C/IPAT 2-25
• You must install Windows ® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows ® XP
Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives.
• When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary
(boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 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/SATA2 Red Master Boot disk
SATA3/SATA4 Black Slave Data disk
4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black],
SATA4 [black])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
P5LD2-C/IPAT
P5LD2-C/IPAT SATA Connectors
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
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
SATA1 SATA2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P3
RS
AT
A_
TX
N3
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P3
RS
AT
A_
RX
N3
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P4
RS
AT
A_
TX
N4
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P4
RS
AT
A_
RX
N4
G
ND
SATA3 SATA4