Asus Motherboard P5GC-MX - Manual (Page 38)

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3. Serial ATA connectors
(7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector Color Setting Use
SATA1/2 Red Master Boot disk
SATA3/4 Black Slave Data Disk
P5GC-MX
R
P5GC-MX SATA Connectors
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
G
ND
SATA1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
G
ND
SATA2
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXN3
RSATA_RXP3
GND
SA
TA
3
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXN4
RSATA_RXP4
GND
SA
TA
4