Asus p5e3ws Serial ATA hard disk drive connection, Use, Color, Setting, Connector, 3.ICH9R Serial ATA connectors [blue] (7-pin SATA1-SATA6)

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.

P5E3 WS PRO

P5E3 WS Professional SATA connectors

GND TXP2_RSATA TXN2_RSATA GND RXP2_RSATA RXN2_RSATA GND GND TXP1_RSATA TXN1_RSATA GND RXP1_RSATA RXN1_RSATA GND

	SATA2		SATA1
GND TXP3_RSATA TXN3_RSATA GND RXP3_RSATA RXN3_RSATA GND		GND TXP4_RSATA TXN4_RSATA GND RXP4_RSATA RXN4_RSATA GND
	SATA3		SATA4
GND TXP6_RSATA TXN6_RSATA GND RXP6_RSATA RXN6_RSATA GND		GND TXP5_RSATA TXN5_RSATA GND RXP5_RSATA RXN5_RSATA GND
	SATA6		SATA5

• 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.

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

	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.

ASUS P5E3 WS Professional 2-27