• Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the Ultra DMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect insertion when you connect the IDE cable.

Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 IDE devices.

If any device jumper is set as “Cable-Select,” make sure all other device jumpers have the same setting.

3.ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [red])

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

P5K/EPU

GNDTXP4_RSATATXN4_RSATAGNDRXP4_RSATARXN4_RSATAGND SATA4

GND RXN3_RSATA RXP3_RSATAGND TXN3_RSATA TXP3_RSATAGND

SATA3

GNDTXP1_RSATATXN1_RSATAGNDRXP1_RSATARXN1_RSATAGND SATA1

GND RXN2_RSATA RXP2_RSATAGND TXN2_RSATA TXP2_RSATAGND

SATA2

P5K/EPU SATA connectors

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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