3. Seri al ATA connectors

(7-pi n SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.

P5L-MX

P5L-MX SATA Connectors

SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

RSATA_RXN1

 

 

RSATA_RXN2

 

 

RSATA_RXN3

 

 

RSATA_RXN4

 

 

RSATA_RXP1

 

 

RSATA_RXP2

 

 

RSATA_RXP3

 

 

RSATA_RXP4

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

RSATA_TXN1

 

 

RSATA_TXN2

 

 

RSATA_TXN3

 

 

RSATA_TXN4

 

 

RSATA_TXP1

 

 

RSATA_TXP2

 

 

RSATA_TXP3

 

 

RSATA_TXP4

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

Seri al ATA hard di sk dri ve connecti on

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA1/2

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA3/4

Black

Slave

Data Disk

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.

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