Asus P5E-VM SE - Manual (Page 43)

ASUS P5E-VM SE 1-31
• Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the
Ultra DMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect insertion when you
connect the IDE cable.
• Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 IDE devices.
If any device jumper is set as Cable-Select, make sure all other device jumpers
have the same setting.
3. ICH9 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1/2/5/6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives.
P
5
E
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M
S
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P5E-VM SE SATA connectors
SATA1
GN
D
RS
AT
A_TXP1
RS
AT
A_TXN1
GN
D
RS
AT
A_RXP1
RS
AT
A_RXN1
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_TXP
5
RS
AT
A_TXN
5
GN
D
RS
AT
A_RXP
5
RSA
TA_RXN5
GN
D
SATA5
SATA2
GN
D
RS
AT
A_TXP2
RS
AT
A_TXN2
GN
D
RS
AT
A_RXP2
RS
AT
A_RXN2
GN
D
GN
D
RS
AT
A_TXP
6
RS
AT
A_TXN
6
GN
D
RSA
TA_RXP
6
RS
AT
A_RXN6
GN
D
SATA6
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
SATA1/2 Red Master Boot disk
SATA5/6 Red Slave Data Disk
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.