3. Seri al ATA connectors (7-pi n SATA1 [ red], SATA2 [ red], SATA3 [ bl ack], SATA4 [ bl ack] )

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

 

 

 

 

SATA1

 

 

SATA4

 

 

 

 

 

RXN1 RXP1

TXN1 TXP1

 

 

 

RXN2 RXP2

TXN2 TXP2

 

 

 

 

 

RSATA GND RSATA GND

 

 

 

RSATA RSATA

RSATA RSATA GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P5LD2SE

 

 

 

GND RSATA

RSATA

 

 

GND

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA2 SATA3

GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND

GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND

P5LD2 SE SATA ConnectorsImportant note on Serial ATA

When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Seri al ATA hard di sk dri ve connecti on

Connector

Color

Setting

Use

SATA1/SATA2

Red

Master

Boot disk

SATA3/SATA4

Black

Slave

Data disk

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Chapter 2: Hardware information