Asus P5K - Manual (Page 54)

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3. ICH9 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.
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.
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 1/2 Red Master Boot disk
SATA 3/4 Black Slave Data disk
R
P5B
P5B 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
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
SATA1
SATA4 SATA3
SATA2
P5K
®
P5K SATA connectors
SATA1
SATA3
SATA2
SATA4
GND
RS
AT
A_TXP3
RS
AT
A_TXN3
GND
RS
AT
A_RXP3
RS
AT
A_RXN3
GND GND
RS
AT
A_TXP4
RS
AT
A_TXN4
GND
RS
AT
A_RXP4
RS
AT
A_RXN4
GND
GND RS
AT
A_TXP2
RS
AT
A_TXN2
GND RS
AT
A_RXP2
RS
AT
A_RXN2
GND GND RS
AT
A_TXP1
RS
AT
A_TXN1
GND RS
AT
A_RXP1
RS
AT
A_RXN1
GND