Asus manual Serial ATA hard disk drive connection, P5GC-MX Sata Connectors

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.

P5GC-MX

							GND
							RSATA_TXP4
						SATA4RSATA_RXP4
							RSATA_TXN4
							GND
							RSATA_RXN4
							GND
SATA1			SATA2
RXP1 RXN1	TXN1 TXP1		RXP2 RXN2	TXN2 TXP2		SATA3	GND
GND RSATA		GND	GND RSATA		GND		RSATA_RXP3
RSATA RSATA RSATA GND			RSATA RSATA RSATA GND				RSATA_TXP3
							GND
							RSATA_TXN3
							RSATA_RXN3
							GND

P5GC-MX SATA Connectors

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

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