Asus P5E64 WS Professional - Manual (Page 52)

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3. ICH9R Serial ATA connectors [blue] (7-pin SATA1-SATA6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical 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.
These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard drives to these
connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these
connectors, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 Intel RAID configurations or
the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
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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
P5E64 WS PRO
®
P5E64 WS Professional
SATA connectors
SATA2 SATA1
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
SATA3 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
SATA6 SATA5
GND
RS
AT
A_TXP6
RS
AT
A_TXN6
GND
RS
AT
A_RXP6
RS
AT
A_RXN6
GND GND
RS
AT
A_TXP5
RS
AT
A_TXN5
GND
RS
AT
A_RXP5
RS
AT
A_RXN5
GND
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 Blue Master Boot disk
SATA 3/4 Blue Slave Boot/Data disk
SATA 5/6 Blue Master Boot disk