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3.ICH8 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

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

		SATA1				SATA2
		RXN1 RXP1	TXN1 TXP1			RXN2 RXP2	TXN2 TXP2
	_		_		_ _		_ _
P5BVM-	_		_			TA TA	TATA
		RSATA GND RSATA RSATA				RSA GND RSA RSA
		GND RSATA		GND		GND RSA		GND

P5B-VM SATA Connectors

GND	GND		GND
RSATATXP3 RSATATXN3		RSATARXP3 RSATARXN3

SATA3

GND	GND		GND
RSATATXP4 RSATATXN4		RSATARXP4 RSATARXN4

SATA4

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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