right angle side

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.

•Plug your Serial ATA boot disk on the master port (SATA1/2 to support S3 function).

•Install the Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later when using Serial ATA.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

C o l o r

Setting

U s e

SATA1/SATA3

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA2/SATA4

Black

Slave

Data Disk

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