Asus P5K-VM 3.ICH9 Serial ATA connectors, (7-pinSATA1 [red], SATA2 [black], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [black])

3.ICH9 Serial ATA connectors(7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [black], SATA3 [red], SATA4 [black])

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

P5K-VM

P5K-VM 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
SATA4					SATA3
	GND GND GND		GND GND GND
		RXN4RSATA RXP4RSATA TXN4RSATA TXP4RSATA		RXN3RSATA RXP3RSATA TXN3RSATA TXP3RSATA

	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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